Good swimmers at length are drowned.

Good swimmers at length are drowned.

The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.

The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.

There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.

There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.

In trying to be concise I become obscure.

In trying to be concise I become obscure.

Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.

Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.

Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.

Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.

A Daniel still say I, a second Daniel!
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.

A Daniel still say I, a second Daniel!
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.

Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.

Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.

Care, mad to see a man sae happy,
E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.

Care, mad to see a man sae happy,
E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.