Better do nothing than do ill.

Better do nothing than do ill.

Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.

Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.

While I plan, and plan, my hair
Is gray before I know it.

While I plan, and plan, my hair
Is gray before I know it.

Knowledge is folly, except grace guide it.

Knowledge is folly, except grace guide it.

I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.

I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.

Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.

Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.

Idleness induces caprice.

Idleness induces caprice.

Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.

Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.

When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.

When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.