Of two evils, choose the prettier

Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive

Tis blessed to bestow, and yet, Could we bestow the gifts we get, And keep the ones we give away, How happy were our Christmas day

Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife This simple boon I beg of Fate - A thousand years of Middle Life

Actions lie louder than words