The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.

The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.

Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.

Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.

Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.

Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.

Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.

Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.

Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.

Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.

No one can keep a mask on long.

No one can keep a mask on long.

Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.

Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.

The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.

The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.

You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.

You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.