His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
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His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
His youth 'gainst Time and Age hath ever spurned,
But spurned in vain! Youth waneth by increasing.

There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.

There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.

Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.

Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.

No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.

No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.

There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.

There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.

He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.

He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.

At lovers' perjuries,
They say Jove laughs.

At lovers' perjuries,
They say Jove laughs.

He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.

He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.

Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.

Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.