The big thieves hang the little ones.

The big thieves hang the little ones.

Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.

Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.

Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.

Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.

It is not permitted that we should know everything.

It is not permitted that we should know everything.

When war is raging the laws are dumb.

When war is raging the laws are dumb.

Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.

Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.

Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.

Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.

To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.

To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.

At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's read more

At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's children feel the matin spring
Of life reviving, with reviving day.