Though old and wise, yet still advise.

Though old and wise, yet still advise.

Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs.

Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs.

Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.

Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.

Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.

Opportune times for speaking.

Opportune times for speaking.

Be cheerful, if you are wise.

Be cheerful, if you are wise.

There is no such thing as perfect happiness.

There is no such thing as perfect happiness.

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

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

And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.

And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.