An old cat sports not with her prey.

An old cat sports not with her prey.

'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.

What one day gives us, another takes away from us.

What one day gives us, another takes away from us.

Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of
others.

Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of
others.

Omittance is no quittance.

Omittance is no quittance.

There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.

There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.

All our sweetest hours fly fastest.

All our sweetest hours fly fastest.

It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.

It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.