Building is a sweet impoverishing.

Building is a sweet impoverishing.

That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age
will bring its wrinkles to read more

That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age
will bring its wrinkles to the brow.

Good is the mora that makes all sure.

Good is the mora that makes all sure.

You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.

You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.

He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.

He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.

A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.

A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.

In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.

In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.

He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.

He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.

Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]

Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]