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Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Put your toong in your purse.
Put your toong in your purse.
The first blow is as much as two.
The first blow is as much as two.
You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming
back.
You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming
back.
Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle.
Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle.
Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.
Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.