The remedy is worse than the disease.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

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!

O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more

O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.

Good Americans when they die go to Paris.

Good Americans when they die go to Paris.

A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.

A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.

A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.

A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.

Withdraw yourself from that vile bondage; Come say, "I am free,"
"I am free."

Withdraw yourself from that vile bondage; Come say, "I am free,"
"I am free."

Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.

Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.

We get blows and return them.

We get blows and return them.