Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.

Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.

A gentle houswife marres the houshold.

A gentle houswife marres the houshold.

A childs service is little, yet hee is no little foole that
despiseth it.

A childs service is little, yet hee is no little foole that
despiseth it.

The less of this cold world the more of heaven.

The less of this cold world the more of heaven.

Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with
thoughts.

Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with
thoughts.

Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.

Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.

Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]

Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]

We are not born for ourselves alone.

We are not born for ourselves alone.