Dic, homo, quid speres,

si mundo totus adheres;

nulla tecum feres,

licet tu solus haberes."

From "This World is false and vain," lines 41-48.

"Threefold is the march of Time,

The Future, lame and lingering, totters on;

Swift as a dart the Present hurries by;

The Past stands fixed in mute Eternity.

"To urge his slow advancing pace