Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend,
Before we too into the Dust descend.
Source: The Rub?iy?t of Omar Khayy?m, st. 23, tr. by Edward FitzGerald, first ed., 1859.
-- Omar Khayyam, (May 18 1048-1131), Persian poet, mathematician, astronomer; He was renowned in his own country and time for his scientific achievements.