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That which sufficeth is not little.
That which sufficeth is not little.
A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
 Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
 That he suspects none.  
 Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
 That he suspects none. 
He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.
He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.
Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.
Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.
 We have not wings, we cannot soar,
 But we have feet to scale and climb
  By slow read more 
 We have not wings, we cannot soar,
 But we have feet to scale and climb
  By slow degrees, by more and more,
   The cloudy summits of our time. 
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
 Man's inhumanity to man
 Makes countless thousands mourn!  
 Man's inhumanity to man
 Makes countless thousands mourn! 
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.