Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches
and honour.

Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches
and honour.

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad read more

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.

Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.

Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.

To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.

To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.

The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.

The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.

Don't long for the unripe grape.

Don't long for the unripe grape.

All that shakes falles not.

All that shakes falles not.

Man is to man a god or a wolf.

Man is to man a god or a wolf.

The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.

The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.