Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more

Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.

He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.

He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.

How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more

Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.

Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.

Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.

The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.

The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.

Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.

Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.

One man thinks one thing best, another another.

One man thinks one thing best, another another.

Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]

Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]