Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.

Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.

He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.

He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.

Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.

Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.

The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.

The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.

Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
Our own experience preaches.

Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.

Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.

An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.

An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.

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.

So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.

So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.