Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.

Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.

The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.

The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.

Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.

Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.

The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late read more

The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late life by Archdeacon Coxe.

You may be on land, yet not in a garden.

You may be on land, yet not in a garden.

When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.

When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.

The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.

The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.

Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.

Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.

As is the mother, so is her daughter.

As is the mother, so is her daughter.