God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.

Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.

Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.

Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding
an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]

One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding
an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]

So honour peereth in the meanest habit.

So honour peereth in the meanest habit.

Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.

Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.

When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter read more

When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter of course.