The Sweetest Pleasures Soonest Cloy,

But With What Incessant And Grievous Ills Is Old Age Surrounded!

What Day Is So Festal It Fails To Reveal Some Theft?

An Excess Of Hoarded Wealth Is The Death Of Many.

But Grant The Wrath Of Heaven Be Great, 'tis Slow. [lat., Ut Sit Magna Tamen Certe Lenta Ira Deorum Est.]

There Will He Nothing More That Posterity Can Add To Our Immoral Habits; Our Descendants Must Have The Same Desires And Act The Same Follies As Their Sires. Every Vice Has Reached Its Zenith.