Sudden friendship, sure repentance.

Sudden friendship, sure repentance.

By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is
past, see how that which is read more

By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is
past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.

Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.

Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.

What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.

What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.

What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?

What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?

Life's cares are comforts; such by heaven design'd
He that has none, must make them or be wretched.

Life's cares are comforts; such by heaven design'd
He that has none, must make them or be wretched.

No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.

No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.

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.]

The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more

The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.