My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.

No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and read more

No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty.

Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.

Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.

Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.

Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all
others.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all
others.

The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought
to be.

The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought
to be.

Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.

Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.

That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with
delight.

That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with
delight.