The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.

For the labourer is worthy of his hire.

For the labourer is worthy of his hire.

For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.

For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.

Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.

Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.

Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.

Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.

Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.

Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.

Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.

Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.

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.

He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.

He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.