Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.

Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.

Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.

Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.

I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.

I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.

Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.

Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.

A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.

A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.

Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.

Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.

Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary
of the intuitions.

Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary
of the intuitions.

Handsome features are a silent recommendation.

Handsome features are a silent recommendation.

But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.