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But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the
laws of nature.
Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the
laws of nature.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Like a dog he hunts in dreams.
Like a dog he hunts in dreams.
He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials
of impotence.
He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials
of impotence.
By suppers more have beene killed then Gallen ever cured.
By suppers more have beene killed then Gallen ever cured.
One sound blow will serve to undo us all.
One sound blow will serve to undo us all.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.