Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.

Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.

A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.

A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.

When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.

When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.

We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
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We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.

My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the
Escuriall.

My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the
Escuriall.

Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.

Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.

All flesh is not venison.

All flesh is not venison.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.

So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.