Idle men are the devil's playfellows.

Idle men are the devil's playfellows.

Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with
thoughts.

Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with
thoughts.

Frugality is one thing, avarice another.

Frugality is one thing, avarice another.

Look you! I myself am nearest to myself.

Look you! I myself am nearest to myself.

Is there a man whose judgment clear
Can others teach the course to steer,
Yet runs himself read more

Is there a man whose judgment clear
Can others teach the course to steer,
Yet runs himself life's mad career,
Wild as the wave?

Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.

Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.

Get your feet on the ground.

Get your feet on the ground.

This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.

This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.

Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.

Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.