Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue
The flower's are gone when the Fruits appear to ripen.
Dogs, ye have had your day!
Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.
Some men's wit is like a dark lantern, which serves their own turn and guides them their own way, but is never known (according to the Scripture phrase) either to shine forth before men, or to glorify their Father in heaven.
All nature mourns, the skies relent in showers; hushed are the birds, and closed the drooping flowers.