112 FABLES. 



APPLICATION. 



THEY who neglect the present opportunity of 

 reaping a small advantage, in the hope that they 

 shall obtain a greater afterwards, are far from act- 

 ing upon a reasonable and well advised foundation. 

 We ought never thus to deceive ourselves, and 

 suffer the favourable moment to slip away; but 

 secure to ourselves every fair advantage, however 

 small, at the moment that it offers, without placing 

 a vain reliance upon the visionary expectation of 

 something better in time to come. Prudence ad- 

 vises us always to lay hold of time by the forelock, 

 and to remember that " a bird in the hand is worth 

 two in the bush." 



