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Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.
If you can't beat them, join them.
If you can't beat them, join them.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
Just staying one day ahead of yesterday.
Just staying one day ahead of yesterday.
The body, enervated by the excesses of the preceding day, weighs
down and prostates the mind also.
The body, enervated by the excesses of the preceding day, weighs
down and prostates the mind also.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.
A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.
An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.
An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.