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

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

To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).

To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).

The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.

The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.

There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged,
and the disease in a great measure read more

There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged,
and the disease in a great measure removed.

You are too sarcastic.

You are too sarcastic.

Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.

Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.

A City that parlies is half gotten.

A City that parlies is half gotten.

Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay read more

Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay to supplicate the Gods,
And made a Polly-theist of a Parrot!

He follows his father, but with shorter strides.

He follows his father, but with shorter strides.