Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey Quote

Brittle beauty, that Nature made so frail,
Whereof the gift is small, and short the season;
Flowering today, tomorrow apt to fail;
Tickle treasure, abhorred of reason:
Dangerous to deal with, vain, of none avail;
Costly in keeping, past not worth two peason.

"The Frailty and Hurtfulness of Beauty", line 1