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!

An idle head is a boxe for the winde.

An idle head is a boxe for the winde.

France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.

France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.

God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.

God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.

The best manners are stained by haughtiness.

The best manners are stained by haughtiness.

Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.

Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.

Our liberality should not exceed our ability.

Our liberality should not exceed our ability.

There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my read more

There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my power,
That gall'd not while it glitter'd.

It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.

It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.