So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.

So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.

Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.

A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.

A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.

All things deteriorate in time.

All things deteriorate in time.

May you never forget what is worth remembering, nor ever remember what is best forgotten

May you never forget what is worth remembering, nor ever remember what is best forgotten

Evils have their comfort, good none can support.

Evils have their comfort, good none can support.

Those things please more, which are more expensive.

Those things please more, which are more expensive.

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.

When age is jocond it makes sport for death.

When age is jocond it makes sport for death.