Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.

Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.

The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.

The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.

Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.

Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.

Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.

Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.

As dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to this folly.

As dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to this folly.

She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret
fire.

She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret
fire.

Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!

Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!

The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower read more

The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.

That delay is our surest protection which enables us to
deliberate on the merits of our intentions.

That delay is our surest protection which enables us to
deliberate on the merits of our intentions.