Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.

Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.

The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.

The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.

Sweet is revenge--especially to women.

Sweet is revenge--especially to women.

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.

Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.

Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.

In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.

In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.

How well I feathered by nest.

How well I feathered by nest.

Time stoops to no man's lure.

Time stoops to no man's lure.

Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.

Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.