Pray, give us rest. A little rest
From peace-destroying hurry;
A moment of the quietest,
As balm for work and worry.
Pray, give us rest. A little rest
For people and for nation;
A moment's time to stop and test
The purpose of creation.
--_Wm. J. Lampton._
1646
Rest is sweet to those who labor.
--_Plutarch._
1647
_Take Rest._--A field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.
--_Ovid._
1648
The man who goes easiest and best,
Is he who gives his tongue
Vast quantities of rest.
1649
"If I rest too much, I rust,"--says the key.
1650
Quick resolves are often unsafe.
1651
Irresolute people often let their soup grow cold between the plate and
the mouth.
1652
Sleep over it and you will come to a resolution.
--_Spanish._
1653
Those who act in a disinterested way seldom miss their reward.
1654
One knows not for whom he gathers.
--_French._
1655
It is wealth to a man to be able to live contentedly upon a frugal
store.
1656