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Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you read more
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And men below and saints above,
For love is read more
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And men below and saints above,
For love is heaven and heaven is love.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
We know this to be all nonsense.
We know this to be all nonsense.
Go West, young man! Go West.
Go West, young man! Go West.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have
greatness thrust upon 'em.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have
greatness thrust upon 'em.