The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.

Light may come where all looks darkest,
Hope hath life, when life seems o'er.

Light may come where all looks darkest,
Hope hath life, when life seems o'er.

As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far
country.

As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far
country.

Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.

Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.

Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.

Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.

That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.

That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.

Every day brings his bread with it.

Every day brings his bread with it.

O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.

O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.

Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.

Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.