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Live for today for tomorrow never comes.
Live for today for tomorrow never comes.
Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate.
Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate.
 A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
 [A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]  
 A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
 [A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.] 
 Great actions are not always true sons
 Of great and mighty resolutions.  
 Great actions are not always true sons
 Of great and mighty resolutions. 
To gaine teacheth how to spend.
To gaine teacheth how to spend.
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
 Of two evils choose the least.
 [Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]  
 Of two evils choose the least.
 [Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.] 
 The body, enervated by the excesses of the preceding day, weighs 
down and prostates the mind also.  
 The body, enervated by the excesses of the preceding day, weighs 
down and prostates the mind also.