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To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.
To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
To gaine teacheth how to spend.
To gaine teacheth how to spend.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever;
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; read more
A thing of beauty is a joy forever;
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold
as a lion.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold
as a lion.
Weeds are shallow-rooted,
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,
And choke the herbs for want read more
Weeds are shallow-rooted,
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,
And choke the herbs for want of husbandry.
The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.
The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.
