Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.

Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.

Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.

Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.

Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.

Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.

And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.

And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.

In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome.

In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome.

Ill vessels seldome miscarry.

Ill vessels seldome miscarry.

Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!

Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!

Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.

Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.

The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]

The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]