He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he
repents himself of time.

He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he
repents himself of time.

Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more

Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.

And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far read more

And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far across the hills they went,
In that new world that is the old.

Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.

Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.

The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.

The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.

Nothing succeeds like success.
[Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]

Nothing succeeds like success.
[Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]

Thursday come, and the week's gone.

Thursday come, and the week's gone.

The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.

The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.

The Court hath no Almanack.

The Court hath no Almanack.