Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.

Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.

Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.

Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

Gluttony kills more then the sword.
[Gluttony kills more than the sword.]

Gluttony kills more then the sword.
[Gluttony kills more than the sword.]

I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.

I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.

Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.

Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.

To hear is to heed.

To hear is to heed.

That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.

That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.

You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in
it.

You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in
it.