To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.

To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.

He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.

Common report is not always wrong.

Common report is not always wrong.

A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.

A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.

His tact, too, temper'd him from grave to gay,
And taught him when to be reserved or free.

His tact, too, temper'd him from grave to gay,
And taught him when to be reserved or free.

Forgetful of thy tomb thou buildest houses.

Forgetful of thy tomb thou buildest houses.

Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.

Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.

Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.

Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.