Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.

Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.

I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!

I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!

Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others,
dies in ignorance of himself.

Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others,
dies in ignorance of himself.

The weakest goes to the wall.

The weakest goes to the wall.

Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?

Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?

If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.

If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.

A new broome sweepeth cleane.

A new broome sweepeth cleane.

Yeeres know more then bookes.

Yeeres know more then bookes.

Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.

Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.