Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.

Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.

He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more

He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.

The sense of death is most in apprehension.

The sense of death is most in apprehension.

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.

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.

Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to read more

Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to come,
And Mem'ry gild the past.

All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.

All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.

Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.

Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.

I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.

I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.