This is no time for staring about.

This is no time for staring about.

We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.

We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.

Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]

Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]

Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by
poverty.

Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by
poverty.

I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.

Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.

Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
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Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
And trifles life.

Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.

Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.

Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.