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The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
In a long work sleep may be naturally expected.
In a long work sleep may be naturally expected.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
When the mischief is done the door is shut.
When the mischief is done the door is shut.
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
