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.

There is no such thing as perfect happiness.

There is no such thing as perfect happiness.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
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How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
And the temples of his gods?

Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]

Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]

I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.

I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.

Love makes one fitt for any work.

Love makes one fitt for any work.

Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.

Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.

A gift much expected is paid, not given.

A gift much expected is paid, not given.