Craft against vice I must apply.

Craft against vice I must apply.

It is but a poor establishment where there are not many
superfluous things which the owner knows not of, read more

It is but a poor establishment where there are not many
superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to
the thieves.

There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could
he find it.

There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could
he find it.

At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's read more

At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's children feel the matin spring
Of life reviving, with reviving day.

Covetousnesse breaks the bag.

Covetousnesse breaks the bag.

When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.

When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.

He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
And read more

He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.

I know myself now, and I feel within me
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still read more

I know myself now, and I feel within me
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.