Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.

Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.

The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.

The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.

'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.

'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.

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!

Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more

Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.

We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.

We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.

Go West, young man! Go West.

Go West, young man! Go West.

Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an
ill, it doubles his fault.

Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an
ill, it doubles his fault.

You are judged of by what you possess.

You are judged of by what you possess.