Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.

Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.

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

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

Time stoops to no man's lure.

Time stoops to no man's lure.

I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every read more

I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every day explains why.]

For there's no motion
That tends to vice in man, but I affirm
It is the woman's read more

For there's no motion
That tends to vice in man, but I affirm
It is the woman's part.

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.

Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.

Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.

Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.

Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to
discompose their curls. Dandies.]

Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to
discompose their curls. Dandies.]