So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!

So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!

Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.

Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.

Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.

Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.

Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.

Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.

On their own merits modest men are dumb.

On their own merits modest men are dumb.

In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.

In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.

So enjoy the pleasures of the hour as not to spoil those that are
to follow.

So enjoy the pleasures of the hour as not to spoil those that are
to follow.

Better is one Accipe, then twice to say, Dabo tibi.

Better is one Accipe, then twice to say, Dabo tibi.

Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.

Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.