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It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.
We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.
We must love, as looking one day to hate.
We must love, as looking one day to hate.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same
thing as if he slew him.
He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same
thing as if he slew him.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.