Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.

Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.

The Reverend are ever before.

The Reverend are ever before.

All things require skill, but an appetite.

All things require skill, but an appetite.

I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.

I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.

Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.

Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.

Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.

Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.

How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more

How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.

He says anything that first comes into his mouth.

He says anything that first comes into his mouth.

You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.

You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.