Note 443:1 — FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS. (continued 8)
Reading edition
He who grown aged in this world of woe, In deeds, not years, piercing the depths of life, So that no wonder waits him. Byron: Childe Harold, canto iii. stanza 5.
We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths.—Bailey: Festus. A Country Town.
Who well lives, long lives; for this age of ours Should not be numbered by years, daies, and hours. Du Bartas: Days and Weekes. Fourth Day. Book ii.