The first blow is as much as two.

The first blow is as much as two.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.

Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.

Don't long for the unripe grape.

Don't long for the unripe grape.

Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.

Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!

Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!

Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in
subjection.

Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in
subjection.

Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.

Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.