Carefulness

"Lugalbanda is wise and he achieves mighty exploits. In preparation of the sweet celestial cakes he added carefulness to carefulness."

"O insensata cura dei mortali, Quanto son defettivi sillogismi Quei che ti fanno in basso batter l'ali!"

"For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost; being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail."

"For the want of a nail the shoe was lost, For the want of a shoe the horse was lost, For the want of a horse the rider was lost, For the want of a rider the battle was lost, For the want of a battle the kingdom was lost— And all for the want of a horseshoe nail."

"Every man shall bear his own burden."

"Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy."

"Be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath."

"Care that is entered once into the breast Will have the whole possession ere it rest."

"Borne the burden and heat of the day."

"And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs."

"Begone, old Care, and I prithee begone from me; For i' faith, old Care, thee and I shall never agree."

"Eat not thy heart; which forbids to afflict our souls, and waste them with vexatious cares."

"Old Care has a mortgage on every estate, And that's what you pay for the wealth that you get."

"For some must watch, while some must sleep: So runs the world away."

"No, no, he cannot long hold out these pangs; The incessant care and labour of his mind Hath wrought the mure, that should confine it in, So thin that life looks through and will break out."

"O polished perturbation! golden care! That keep'st the ports of slumber open wide To many a watchful night!"

"Care is no cure, but rather a corrosive, For things that are not to be remedied."

"Things past redress are now with me past care."

"Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye, And where care lodges, sleep will never lie; But where unbruised youth with unstuff'd brain. Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign."

"I am sure, care's an enemy to life."

"I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have borne, and yet must bear."

"Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt; And every Grin, so merry, draws one out."

"And care, whom not the gayest can outbrave, Pursues its feeble victim to the grave."