A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.

A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.

How well I feathered by nest.

How well I feathered by nest.

Let the worst come to the worst.

Let the worst come to the worst.

He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.

He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.

Marry, this is the short and the long of it.

Marry, this is the short and the long of it.

An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.

An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.

Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.

Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.

It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it
is useless.

It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it
is useless.

So obliging that he ne'er obliged.

So obliging that he ne'er obliged.