How well I feathered by nest.

How well I feathered by nest.

Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.

Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.

What's gone, and what's past help,
Should be past grieve.

What's gone, and what's past help,
Should be past grieve.

E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.

E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.

By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is
past, see how that which is read more

By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is
past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.

A word once spoken cannot be recalled.

A word once spoken cannot be recalled.

Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.

Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.

Much money makes a Countrey poor, for it sets a dearer price on
every thing.

Much money makes a Countrey poor, for it sets a dearer price on
every thing.

Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow,
Leave things of the future to fate;
What's the use to read more

Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow,
Leave things of the future to fate;
What's the use to anticipate sorrow?
Life's troubles come never too late.