Patience revels in misfortunes.

Patience revels in misfortunes.

Noble houskeepers neede no dores.

Noble houskeepers neede no dores.

If the first of July be rainy weather,
It will rain, more of less, for four weeks together.

If the first of July be rainy weather,
It will rain, more of less, for four weeks together.

After a bad harvest sow again. [Yield not to difficulties.]

After a bad harvest sow again. [Yield not to difficulties.]

Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.

Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.

What mighty contests rise from trivial things.

What mighty contests rise from trivial things.

However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.

However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.

A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.

A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.

Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.