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.

When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
when the ash is before read more

When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak.

Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.

Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.

But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!

But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!

I sit within a helmless bark.

I sit within a helmless bark.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]

The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]

A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.

A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.

To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.

To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.