A little and good fills the trencher.

A little and good fills the trencher.

Nature never says one thing, and science another.

Nature never says one thing, and science another.

An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.

An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.

Don't long for the unripe grape.

Don't long for the unripe grape.

For use almost can change the stamp of nature.

For use almost can change the stamp of nature.

Be this our wall of brass, to be conscious of having done no
evil, and to grow pale at read more

Be this our wall of brass, to be conscious of having done no
evil, and to grow pale at no accusation.

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.

Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.

Life's cares are comforts; such by heaven design'd
He that has none, must make them or be wretched.

Life's cares are comforts; such by heaven design'd
He that has none, must make them or be wretched.