He who would search for pearls must dive below.

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below

All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.

Dive on them and squash them if you must.

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.