We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.

We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.

How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.

There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.

In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.

In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.

Idle folks have the most labour.

Idle folks have the most labour.

The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.

The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.

Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]

Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]

Begging a courtesy is selling liberty.

Begging a courtesy is selling liberty.

It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.

It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.