Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?

Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?

None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.

None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.

To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.

To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.

For the labourer is worthy of his hire.

For the labourer is worthy of his hire.

Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.

Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.

Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.

Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.

Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.

Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.

A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.

A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.

We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.

We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.