Take time: much may be gained by patience.

Take time: much may be gained by patience.

Howe'er it be, it seems to me,
'Tis only noble to be good;
Kind hearts are more read more

Howe'er it be, it seems to me,
'Tis only noble to be good;
Kind hearts are more than coronets,
And simple faith than Norman blood.

Vertue never growes old.

Vertue never growes old.

A little with quiet is the onely dyet.

A little with quiet is the onely dyet.

Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be read more

Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.

Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.

Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.

Good finds good.

Good finds good.

But who alas! can love and then be wise?

But who alas! can love and then be wise?

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.