His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.

His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.

What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.

What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.

Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.

Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.

Reticence is a great gift.

Reticence is a great gift.

Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.

Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.

Hug the shore; let others try the deep.

Hug the shore; let others try the deep.

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!

Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.

Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.

Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.

Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.