Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the
morrow may bring.

Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the
morrow may bring.

But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?

But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?

What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?

What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?

We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.

We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.

The folly of one man is the fortune of another.

The folly of one man is the fortune of another.

Good finds good.

Good finds good.

Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.

Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.

Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.

Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.

It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.

It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.