Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.

Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.

A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.

A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.

It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.

It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.

Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.

Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.

Shee spins well that breedes her children.

Shee spins well that breedes her children.

Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.

Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.

From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.

From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.

Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.

Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.

He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.

He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.