After the house is finisht, leave it.

After the house is finisht, leave it.

The great put the little on the hooke.

The great put the little on the hooke.

I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so read more

I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so renowned on Grecian earth,
The Lindian Cleobulus said, "The mean was still the best";
The Spartan Chilo said, "Know thyself," a heaven-born phrase
confessed.
Corinthian Periander taught "Our anger to command,"
"Too much of nothing," Pittacus, from Mitylene's strand;
Athenian Solon this advised, "Look to the end of life,"
And Bias from Priene showed, "Bad men are the most rife";
Milesian Thales uregd that "None should e'er a surety be";
Few were there words, but if you look, you'll much in little see.

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

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

To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.

To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.

Men at some time are masters of their fates.

Men at some time are masters of their fates.

If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.

If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.

Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.

Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.

A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.

A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.