Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.

Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.

Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?

Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?

Hatched in the same nest.

Hatched in the same nest.

One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants.

One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants.

Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?

Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad read more

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.

He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will read more

He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work
hard.]

What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?

What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?

Frugality is one thing, avarice another.

Frugality is one thing, avarice another.