Sundial mottos

"True as the dial to the sun, Although it be not shin'd upon."

"Carve out dials, quaintly, point by point Thereby to set the minutes, how they run, How many make the Hour full, complete, How many hours bring about the Day."

"I go away and come again each day, But thou shalt go away and ne'er return."

"Vivite, ait, fugie."

"True as the needle to the pole, Or as the dial to the sun."

"Amende to-day and slack not, Deythe cometh and warneth not, Tyme passeth and speketh not."

""Horas non numero nisi serenas." There stands in the garden of old St. Mark A sun dial quaint and gray. It takes no heed of the hours which in dark Pass o'er it day by day. It has stood for ages amid the flowers In that land of sky and song. "I number none but the cloudless hours," Its motto the live day long."

"Let not the sun go down upon your wrath."

"Give God thy heart, thy service, and thy gold; The day wears on, and time is waxing old."

"Our life's a flying shadow, God's the pole, The index pointing at Him is our soul; Death the horizon, when our sun is set, Which will through Christ a resurrection get."

"The night cometh when no man can work."

"Thou breathing dial! since thy day began The present hour was ever mark'd with shade."

"A lumine motus."

"Horas non numero nisi serenas."

"L'heure de la justice ne sonne pas Aux cadrans de ce monde: The hour of justice does not strike On the dials of this world."

"Let others tell of storms and showers, I'll only mark your sunny hours."

"Once at a potent leader's voice I stayed; Once I went back when a good monarch prayed; Mortals, howe'er we grieve, howe'er deplore, The flying shadow will return no more."

"The Natural Clock-work by the mighty ONE Wound up at first, and ever since have gone."

"As the long hours do pass away, So doth the life of man decay."

"If o'er the dial glides a shade, redeem The time for lo! it passes like a dream; But if 'tis all a blank, then mark the loss Of hours unblest by shadows from the cross."

"I mark my hours by shadow; Mayest thou mark thine By sunshine."

"Begone about your business."

"Hours fly, Flowers die. New days, New ways, Pass by. Love stays."

"Time is Too Slow for those who Wait, Too Swift for those who Fear, Too Long for those who Grieve, Too Short for those who Rejoice, But for those who Love"

"In the day, do the day's work."

"With warning hand I mark Time's rapid flight, From Life's glad morning to its solemn night; Yet, through the dear Lord's love, I also show There's light above me by the shade I throw."

"He knows but from its shade the present hour."