Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.

Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.

You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.

You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.

Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
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Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
circulated.

Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without.
[There is fault on both sides.]

Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without.
[There is fault on both sides.]

And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.

And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.

Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.

Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.

We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.

We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.

Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.

Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.

Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.

Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.