Life 's a poor player,' — then 'play out the play, Ye villains!' above all keep a sharp eye Much less on what you do than what you say: Be hypocritic… - Lord Byron

Be hypocritical, be cautious, be Not what you seem, but always what you see.

Be hypocritical, be cautious, be
Not what you seem, but always what you see.

Man, being reasonable, must get drunk;
The best of life is but intoxication:
Glory, the grape, love, gold, in these are sunk
The hopes of all men, and of every nation;
Without their sap, how branchless were the trunk
Of life’s strange tree, so fruitful on occasion:
But to return, — Get very drunk; and when
You wake with head- ache, you shall see what then.

Hate is by far the greatest pleasure; men love in haste, but detest in leisure.

So, we’ll go no more a roving So late into the night, Though the heart be still as loving, And the moon be still as bright. II For the sword outwears its sheath, And the soul wears out the breast, And the heart must pause to breathe, And love itself have rest. III