My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.

It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.

It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.

To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.

To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.

So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!

So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!

Wishing, of all employments is the worst.

Wishing, of all employments is the worst.

God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.

God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.

Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.

Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.

Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]

Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]

I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]

I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]