Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.

Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.

The battle is over when the foe has fallen.

The battle is over when the foe has fallen.

No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.

No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.

Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.

Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.

So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.

So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
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It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide house.

'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.

'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.

A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.

A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.

Time stoops to no man's lure.

Time stoops to no man's lure.