In some time, his good time, I shall arrive;
He guides me and the bird
In his read more

In some time, his good time, I shall arrive;
He guides me and the bird
In his good time.

To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by read more

To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.]

For it would have been better that man should have been born
dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather read more

For it would have been better that man should have been born
dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ
the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.
[Lat., Mutos enim nasci, et egere omni ratione satius fuisset,
quam providentiae munera in mutuam perniciem convertere.]

God tempers the cold to the shorn sheep.
[Fr., Dieu mesure le froid a la brebis tondue.]

God tempers the cold to the shorn sheep.
[Fr., Dieu mesure le froid a la brebis tondue.]

God's providence is on the side of clear heads.

God's providence is on the side of clear heads.

Chance is a nickname for Providence.
[Fr., Le hasard est un sobriquet de la Providence.]

Chance is a nickname for Providence.
[Fr., Le hasard est un sobriquet de la Providence.]

Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust,
Yet cry, if man's unhappy, God's unjust.

Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust,
Yet cry, if man's unhappy, God's unjust.

Perhaps Providence by some happy change will restore those things
to their proper places.
[Lat., Deus haec fortasse read more

Perhaps Providence by some happy change will restore those things
to their proper places.
[Lat., Deus haec fortasse benigna
Reducet in sedem vice.]

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.