Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.

Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.

Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.

Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.

What mighty contests rise from trivial things.

What mighty contests rise from trivial things.

Manie things are lost for want of asking.

Manie things are lost for want of asking.

Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp read more

Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp of pageantry, as if
He felt the eyes of Europe on his tail.

There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.

There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.

Those that God loves, do not live long.

Those that God loves, do not live long.

It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.

It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.

He that goeth farre hath many encounters.

He that goeth farre hath many encounters.