Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.

Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.

What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.

What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.

I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king.
[In the kingdom of blind men the one read more

In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king.
[In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed is king.]

Young in limbs, in judgment old.

Young in limbs, in judgment old.

Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.

Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.

In robe and crown the king stepped down,
To meet and greet her on her way.

In robe and crown the king stepped down,
To meet and greet her on her way.

O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.

O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.

Whenever you see a fellow-creature in trouble, remember that he
is a man.

Whenever you see a fellow-creature in trouble, remember that he
is a man.