A live dog is better than a dead lion.

A live dog is better than a dead lion.

Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.

Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.

What sweeter gift from nature has fallen to the lot of man than
his children?

What sweeter gift from nature has fallen to the lot of man than
his children?

It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our
past life with pleasure.

It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our
past life with pleasure.

'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.

'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.

Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.

Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.

When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.

When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.

Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.

Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.

Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.

Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.