I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

As shines the moon in clouded skies,
She in her poor attire was seen.

As shines the moon in clouded skies,
She in her poor attire was seen.

Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.

Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.

A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.

A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto
those that be of heavy hearts.

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto
those that be of heavy hearts.

Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.

Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.

Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.

Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.

When war is raging the laws are dumb.

When war is raging the laws are dumb.

Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.

Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.