The fish which has once felt the hook, suspects the crooked metal
in every food which offers.

The fish which has once felt the hook, suspects the crooked metal
in every food which offers.

Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.

Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.

By hesitation the opportunity is often lost.

By hesitation the opportunity is often lost.

'Tis pleasant to have a large heap to take from.

'Tis pleasant to have a large heap to take from.

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]

An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]

Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.

Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.

Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.

Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.

Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.

Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.