Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is
deceived thereby is not wise.

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is
deceived thereby is not wise.

With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more

With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.

Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial
in the shade?

Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial
in the shade?

Like a dog he hunts in dreams.

Like a dog he hunts in dreams.

The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.

The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.

When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.

When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.

He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.

He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.

That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of
our reputation.

That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of
our reputation.

Then happy those, beloved of heaven,
To whom the mingled cup is given;
Whose lenient sorrow find read more

Then happy those, beloved of heaven,
To whom the mingled cup is given;
Whose lenient sorrow find relief,
Whose joys are chastened by their grief.