But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.

Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.

When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.

When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.

A man's destiny is alwayes dark.

A man's destiny is alwayes dark.

But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.

But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.

Wee know not who lives or dies.

Wee know not who lives or dies.

A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.

A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.

A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.

A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.

Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.

Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.