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!

The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late read more

The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late life by Archdeacon Coxe.

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.

No herb can remedy the anguish of love.

No herb can remedy the anguish of love.

I have other fish to fry.

I have other fish to fry.

Craft against vice I must apply.

Craft against vice I must apply.

If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.

If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.

Let him fry in his own grease.

Let him fry in his own grease.

For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.

For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.