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Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be read more
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.
Check disease in its approach.
Check disease in its approach.
Everyone has his besetting sin.
Everyone has his besetting sin.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.