Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.

Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.

The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
The more the fish, the worse the catch.

The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
The more the fish, the worse the catch.

While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the
opportunity is lost.

While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the
opportunity is lost.

Charity sees the need not the cause.

Charity sees the need not the cause.

Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing
else in this world.

Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing
else in this world.

From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.

From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.

A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.

A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.

Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.

Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles read more

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles to-day,
To-morrow may be dying.