Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.

Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.

The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.

The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.

How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more

I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.

I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.

I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.

The point is plain as a pike staff.

The point is plain as a pike staff.

There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right read more

There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right cannot exist.

Providence is better then a rent.

Providence is better then a rent.