Thomas Urquhart

Epigrams. The First Booke. ¹ 12. A wise man onely may properly be said to enjoy life

His life is short, who present times neglects, 
	Feares times to come, and hath past-times forgot: 
Or rather, while he breaths his Age, hee makes 
	A base abode in time, but liveth not; 
For onely hee leades, in judicious eyes, 
The longest life, who lives, till he be wise.