Get your feet on the ground.

Get your feet on the ground.

Take time: much may be gained by patience.

Take time: much may be gained by patience.

God oft hath a great share in a little house.

God oft hath a great share in a little house.

Idleness ruins the constitution.

Idleness ruins the constitution.

Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.

Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.

Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.

Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.

Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without.
[There is fault on both sides.]

Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without.
[There is fault on both sides.]

And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.

And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.

If any would not work, neither shall he eat.

If any would not work, neither shall he eat.