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To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
We live by reposing trust in each other.
We live by reposing trust in each other.
Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.
Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.
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.
Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.
Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.
He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.
He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.