Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.

Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.

We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.

We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.

Fear not the future, weep not for the past.

Fear not the future, weep not for the past.

Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.

Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.

And sanguine hope through every storm of life,
Shoots her bright beams, and calms the internal strife.

And sanguine hope through every storm of life,
Shoots her bright beams, and calms the internal strife.

Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.

Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.

Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.

Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.

Greene wood makes a hott fire.

Greene wood makes a hott fire.