We see not our own backs.

We see not our own backs.

This division of labour will lessen the task.

This division of labour will lessen the task.

Go to Jericho.
Let them all go to Jericho,
And ne'er be seen againe.

Go to Jericho.
Let them all go to Jericho,
And ne'er be seen againe.

The less of this cold world the more of heaven.

The less of this cold world the more of heaven.

And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.

And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.

Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]

Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]

O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad read more

O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us.
And foolish notion;
What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us,
And ev'n devotion!

Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.

Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.

To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.

To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.