My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.

My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.

All things deteriorate in time.

All things deteriorate in time.

To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.

To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.

The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.

The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.

Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.

Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.

Integrity is praised and starves.

Integrity is praised and starves.

The body is more drest then the soule.

The body is more drest then the soule.

If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.

If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.

The faulty stands on his guard.

The faulty stands on his guard.