Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.

Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.

I am sure care's an enemy to life.

I am sure care's an enemy to life.

To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.

To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.

Wo be to him that reads but one book.

Wo be to him that reads but one book.

The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
[The wolf must die in his own skin.]

The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
[The wolf must die in his own skin.]

A jade eates as much as a good horse.

A jade eates as much as a good horse.

Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]

Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]

It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.

It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.

The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.

The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.