Avoid delays: procrastination always does harm.

Avoid delays: procrastination always does harm.

There is great force hidden in a sweet command.

There is great force hidden in a sweet command.

Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.

Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.

When prayers are done, my Lady is ready.

When prayers are done, my Lady is ready.

Care, mad to see a man sae happy,
E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.

Care, mad to see a man sae happy,
E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.

How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more

How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.

He that staies does the businesse.

He that staies does the businesse.

He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.

He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.

Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife read more

Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise
abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]