Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.

Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.

He that marries late, marries ill.

He that marries late, marries ill.

Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.

Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.

Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass.

Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass.

I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

Never was anything so inconsistent.

Never was anything so inconsistent.

How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.

How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Let the dead bury the dead.

The reasons of the poore weigh not.

The reasons of the poore weigh not.