As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.

As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.

Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.

Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.

There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.

There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.

What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.

What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.

Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]

Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]

But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more

But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!

Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.

Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.

You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.

You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.