Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.

Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.

Behold of what delusive worth
The bubbles we pursue on earth,
The shapes we chase.

Behold of what delusive worth
The bubbles we pursue on earth,
The shapes we chase.

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.

It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters read more

It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.

Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.

Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.

Good habits result from resisting temptation.

Good habits result from resisting temptation.

There is no disputing about taste.
[Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]

There is no disputing about taste.
[Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]

This is no time for staring about.

This is no time for staring about.

It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.

It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.