What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.

What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.

He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.

He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

New customs,
Though they be never so ridiculous,
(Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed.

New customs,
Though they be never so ridiculous,
(Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed.

In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.

In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.

He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.

He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.

If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.

If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Live for today for tomorrow never comes.

Live for today for tomorrow never comes.