The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.

The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.

But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!

But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!

Bad beginnings, bad endings.

Bad beginnings, bad endings.

Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth
not.

Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth
not.

Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?

Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?

Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.

Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.

Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.

Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.

A smiling face is half the meal.

A smiling face is half the meal.

Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.

Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.