When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.

The apprehension of approaching evil has hurried many into the
utmost danger.

The apprehension of approaching evil has hurried many into the
utmost danger.

All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.

All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.

You may be on land, yet not in a garden.

You may be on land, yet not in a garden.

Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.

Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.

That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.

That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.

Beauty drawes more then oxen.

Beauty drawes more then oxen.

So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.

So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.