Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the
aged.

Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the
aged.

Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.

Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.

Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.

Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.

Then let me quaff the foamy tide,
And through the dance meandering glide.

Then let me quaff the foamy tide,
And through the dance meandering glide.

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.

Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.

Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.

You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.

You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.

Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.

Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.

A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.

A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.