That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age will bring its wrinkles to the brow.
The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
Envy, the meanest of vices, creeps on the ground like a serpent.
Devouring Time and envious Age, all things yield to you; and with lingering death you destroy, step by step, with venomed tooth whatever you attack.
We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings.
A pleasing face is no small advantage.