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The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.
The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your
enemy.
Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your
enemy.
Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.
Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.