Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.

Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.

Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.

Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.

Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.

Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.

Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.

Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.

The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.

The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.

Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!

Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!

I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.

I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

You tell a tale to a dead man.

You tell a tale to a dead man.