Patience revels in misfortunes.

Patience revels in misfortunes.

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 of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
sad thing to read more

It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.

One stroke fells not an oke.

One stroke fells not an oke.

Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.

Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.

Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.

Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.

Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.

Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.

Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.

A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.