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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!
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
He that lives well sees a farre off.
He that lives well sees a farre off.
Give me the ocular proof.
Give me the ocular proof.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
A woman the leader of the enterprise.
A woman the leader of the enterprise.