One swallow does not make spring.

One swallow does not make spring.

Hope is the poore mans bread.

Hope is the poore mans bread.

Some falls the means are happier to rise.

Some falls the means are happier to rise.

Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to read more

Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to come,
And Mem'ry gild the past.

Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.

Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.

The first and last frosts are the worst.

The first and last frosts are the worst.

The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.

The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.

Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.

Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.