Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.

Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.

Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.

Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.

Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.

Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.

Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.

Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?

Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?

Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.

Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.

Living well is the best revenge.

Living well is the best revenge.

Unto the pure all things are pure.

Unto the pure all things are pure.