Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.

Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.

Which of these two is the greater fool?

Which of these two is the greater fool?

Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.

Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.

But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
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But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As make the angels weep.

An Asse endures his burden, but not more then his burden.

An Asse endures his burden, but not more then his burden.

The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.

The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.

But who alas! can love and then be wise?

But who alas! can love and then be wise?

Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.

Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.

No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.

No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.