Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.

Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.

Time rolls his ceaseless course.

Time rolls his ceaseless course.

Stir not dying embers.

Stir not dying embers.

Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]

Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]

That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.

That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.

There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.

There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.

Brighter than Parian marble.

Brighter than Parian marble.

Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.

Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.

The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.

The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.