The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]

He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]

So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.

So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.

All our sweetest hours fly fastest.

All our sweetest hours fly fastest.

His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
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His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
His youth 'gainst Time and Age hath ever spurned,
But spurned in vain! Youth waneth by increasing.

None is borne Master.

None is borne Master.

Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.

Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.

Fury itself supplies arms.

Fury itself supplies arms.

Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.

Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.