The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
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The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
Are but gigantic flights of stairs.

Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.

Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.

Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?

Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?

The sense of death is most in apprehension.

The sense of death is most in apprehension.

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.

To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.

To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.

Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.

Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.

If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to
those who can.

If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to
those who can.

The best things in life are free.

The best things in life are free.