To thine own self be true,

Make sure you know what to do

Never agonize over the situation,

Just remember the rule of truth,

To thine own self be true.

 

Friends may sympathize,

But they can never realize,

Friends can lend a shoulder to cry on,

But they can never really comfort you.

To thine own self be true.

To thine own self be true

True enough to know when you have

   done all you can do.

To thine own self be true

True enough to know that there is only

   one who can help you

To thine own self be true

True enough to take it to the mountain

    and leave it there