My days of love are over: me no more
The charms of maid, wife, and still less of widow,
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My days of love are over: me no more
The charms of maid, wife, and still less of widow,
Can make the fool of; that they made before:
In fact I must not lead the life I did do.

What has not wasting time impaired?

What has not wasting time impaired?

And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.

And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.

Strike the iron whilst it is hot.

Strike the iron whilst it is hot.

Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.

Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds.

He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will read more

He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work
hard.]

What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.

What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.

You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming
back.

You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming
back.

Great strokes make not sweete musick.

Great strokes make not sweete musick.