In a retreat the lame are formost.

In a retreat the lame are formost.

Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.

Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.

Then join in hand, brave Americans all!
By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.

Then join in hand, brave Americans all!
By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.

Time rolls his ceaseless course.

Time rolls his ceaseless course.

Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.

Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.

A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.

A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.

A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays,
And confident to-morrows.

A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays,
And confident to-morrows.

In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.

In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.

Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).

Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).