My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.

My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.

Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the
attempt.

Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the
attempt.

The quarrels of lovers lead but to the renewal of love.

The quarrels of lovers lead but to the renewal of love.

Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy
all-powerful influence?

Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy
all-powerful influence?

You are his father by nature, I by counsel.

You are his father by nature, I by counsel.

Gamsters and race-horses never last long.

Gamsters and race-horses never last long.

One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.

One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.

Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.

Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.

Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."

Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."