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 The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more 
and more unto the perfect day.  
 The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more 
and more unto the perfect day. 
Buy at a faire, but sell at home.
Buy at a faire, but sell at home.
 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. 
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
A man that is warned is half armed.
A man that is warned is half armed.
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
 Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial 
in the shade?  
 Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial 
in the shade? 
Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.
Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.
 To have nothing is not poverty.
 [Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]  
 To have nothing is not poverty.
 [Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]