Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.

Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.

Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.

Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.

Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.

Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.

Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.

Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.

The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.

The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.

He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.

He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.

Hidden evils are most dreaded.

Hidden evils are most dreaded.

Idleness induces caprice.

Idleness induces caprice.

Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and
pounds will take care of themselves.

Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and
pounds will take care of themselves.