1. Time brings constant change,
Followed by more change.

2. So be virtuous within it,
And don't behave otherwise.

3. Seek knowledge promptly and you will be safe
From the fangs of every fearsome beast.

4. For gray hair is a herald, crying out
From the pulpit of the mouth, fulfilling its role.

5. The vilest people, if they have
Aquiline noses, put on airs.

6. An oldster with gray patches
Cannot tell one letter from another

7. If he sees a line of lightning—
Dazzling white—in the dark,

8. He does not know what it might be,
Save a prancing mule gone blind.