Emblem for Guillaume La Perrière, Morosophie, Lyons, Macé Bonhomme, 1553. "Glauca salix properè, sed tardè crescit oliva: Seriùs haec moritur, sed perit illa cito: Ingenii longo vis tardi tempore durat, Praecocis subitò vis perit ingenii." (As a grey willow grows quickly, while the olive grows slowly (the one lasts longer, but the other dies swiftly), so the force of a slow talent lasts longer, while the force of a precocious talent perishes swiftly.)