Great trees are good for nothing but shade.

Great trees are good for nothing but shade.

God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.

God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.

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.

He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.

He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.

It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender.

It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender.

What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.

What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.

There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.

There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.

The thread breakes, where it is weakest.

The thread breakes, where it is weakest.

There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.

There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.