Corpora lente augescunt, cito extinguuntur —All bodies are slow in growth, rapid in decay.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

'Twas quiet, fair, and lovely, then, Though beasts of prey and savage men Roamed o'er those hills of graceful form, Whose trees for ages braved the storm, Yet, humbly stooping to behold The broad majestic stream, that rolled Through smiling mead and woody plain, Fast speeding onward to the main, Or, dashing from its rocky height, Proclaims the great Creator's might, Its deep toned music, strangely meet To mingle with the anthem sweet, That floated on each whisp'ring breeze, Which came, soft stealing through the trees That grew upon the winding shore, In giant ranks, in days of yore.
— from The Snow-Drop A Holiday Gift by Sarah S. Mower

“That fellow never shall have her, tho he were to coin these sands into gold,” replied I. “Do you mean to call us robbers?” said the tribune, with a lowering eye.
— from Tarry thou till I come; or, Salathiel, the wandering Jew. by George Croly

The annexed story is gravely recorded in "Dodsley's Annual Register:" "The following extraordinary affair happened at Ferrybridge, in 1767.
— from The Queer, the Quaint and the Quizzical: A Cabinet for the Curious by Frank H. Stauffer