Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]

Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]

Avoid delays: procrastination always does harm.

Avoid delays: procrastination always does harm.

We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.

We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.

By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.

By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.

The eye will have his part.

The eye will have his part.

The day is short, the work is much.

The day is short, the work is much.

In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.

In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.

We see not our own backs.

We see not our own backs.

It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.

It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.