Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!

Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!

Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.

Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.

Water trotted is as good as oates.

Water trotted is as good as oates.

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.

He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.

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.

Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.

Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.

So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.

So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.

A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.

A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.