Amongst good men two men suffice.

Amongst good men two men suffice.

Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.

Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.

Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.

Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.

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!

We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.

We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.

Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.

Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.

His bloated paunch stands forth projecting a good eighteen
inches.

His bloated paunch stands forth projecting a good eighteen
inches.

Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.

Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.

The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.

The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.