The doctrines of religion are resolved into carefulness;
carefulness into vigorousness; vigorousness into guiltlessness;
guiltlessness into abstemiousness; abstemiousness read more

The doctrines of religion are resolved into carefulness;
carefulness into vigorousness; vigorousness into guiltlessness;
guiltlessness into abstemiousness; abstemiousness into
cleanliness; cleanliness into godliness.

Our pleasures and our discontents,
Are rounds by which we may ascend.

Our pleasures and our discontents,
Are rounds by which we may ascend.

'Ay,' quoth my uncle Gloucester,
'Small herbs have grace, great weeds do grow apace.'
And since, methinks, read more

'Ay,' quoth my uncle Gloucester,
'Small herbs have grace, great weeds do grow apace.'
And since, methinks, I would not grow so fast,
Because sweet flow'rs are slow and weeds make haste.

O, my lord,
You said that idle weeds are fast in growth:
The prince my brother hath read more

O, my lord,
You said that idle weeds are fast in growth:
The prince my brother hath outgrown me far.

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

Gard'ner, for telling me these news of woe,
Pray God the plants thou graft'st may never grow.

Gard'ner, for telling me these news of woe,
Pray God the plants thou graft'st may never grow.

All will come out in the washing.
[Sp., Todo saldra en al colada.]

All will come out in the washing.
[Sp., Todo saldra en al colada.]

And so all growth that is not towards God
Is growing to decay.

And so all growth that is not towards God
Is growing to decay.

Alas! worse every day! this colony grows backward like the tail
of a calf.
[Lat., Heu quotidie pejus! read more

Alas! worse every day! this colony grows backward like the tail
of a calf.
[Lat., Heu quotidie pejus! haec colonia retroversus crescit
tanquam coda vituli.]