'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.

'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.

A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate
Of mighty monarchs.

A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate
Of mighty monarchs.

What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.

What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.

Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well
used. Exclaim no more against it.

Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well
used. Exclaim no more against it.

So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.

So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.

Cares deny all rest to weary limbs.

Cares deny all rest to weary limbs.

Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.

Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.

This world is nothing except it tend to another.

This world is nothing except it tend to another.

So enjoy the pleasures of the hour as not to spoil those that are
to follow.

So enjoy the pleasures of the hour as not to spoil those that are
to follow.