And what's a life? - a weary pilgrimage, Whose glory in one day doth fill the stage With childhood, manhood, and decrepit age.

Anger, when it is long in coming, is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept.

Let all thy joys be as the month of May And all thy days be as a marriage day: Let sorrow, sickness, and a troubled mind Be stranger to thee.

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it: He that fears otherwise, gives advantage to the danger.