We see this clearly; every hour a proof doth give.
Enjoyments sensuous, fleshly, when to fade they haste,
Leave no result behind; they’re desert mirage, waste.
Regret’s their only issue, grief for loss of time;
A bankrupt’s stock; their commerce gives no gain, no prime.
Pursuit of them has never ended in success;
Dire failure still must be the fruit of recklessness.175
Distinguish thou betimes the foolish from the wise;
The end of each scan well; ’tis there the difference lies.”
And still one more: “True wisdom strive thou to find out.