The silver livery of advised age.

The silver livery of advised age.

Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]

Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]

Without favour none will know you, and with it you will not know
your selfe.

Without favour none will know you, and with it you will not know
your selfe.

'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.

'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.

He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]

He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]

Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.

Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.

Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.

Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.

An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.

An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.

Fear not the future, weep not for the past.

Fear not the future, weep not for the past.