When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.

When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.

Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.

I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.

I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.

It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.

It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.

There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.

There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.

Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?

Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?

The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.

The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.

Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.

Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.