Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.

Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.

Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the
morrow may bring.

Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the
morrow may bring.

None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.

None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.

Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.

The cholerick man never wants woe.

The cholerick man never wants woe.

He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]

He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]

When age is jocond it makes sport for death.

When age is jocond it makes sport for death.

With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?

With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?

By doing nothing we learne to do ill.

By doing nothing we learne to do ill.