Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.

Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.

To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.

To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.

But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?

But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?

Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]

Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]

Day treads upon the heels of day, and the new moons hasten to
their waning.

Day treads upon the heels of day, and the new moons hasten to
their waning.

Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!

Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!

The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to
vice.

The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to
vice.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.

Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.