Avoid delays: procrastination always does harm.

Avoid delays: procrastination always does harm.

It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.

It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.

The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more

The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"

Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to read more

Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to come,
And Mem'ry gild the past.

Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.

Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.

The horse that drawes after him his halter, is not altogether
escaped.

The horse that drawes after him his halter, is not altogether
escaped.

When one is on horsebacke hee knowes all things.

When one is on horsebacke hee knowes all things.

We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.

We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.

In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.