Let all things be done decently and in order.

Let all things be done decently and in order.

For the world was built in order
Around the atoms march in tune;
Rhyme the pipe, and read more

For the world was built in order
Around the atoms march in tune;
Rhyme the pipe, and Time the warder,
The sun obeys them, and the moon.

It is folly to put the plough in front of the oxen.
[Fr., Folie est mettre la charrue devant read more

It is folly to put the plough in front of the oxen.
[Fr., Folie est mettre la charrue devant les boeufs.]

Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones.

Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones.

Order is a lovely thing; on disarray it lays its wing, teaching simplicity to sing.

Order is a lovely thing; on disarray it lays its wing, teaching simplicity to sing.

The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by read more

The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by petty doubts.

A place for everything, everything in its place.

A place for everything, everything in its place.

Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order.

Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.