Saffron ... Beware of excess. 
When workmen strive to do better than 
well, 
They do confound their skill in covetous¬ 
ness. — Shakespeare, 
Saffron Crocus. Mirth. 
Sport, sweet maid, in season of these years. 
And learn to gather flowers before they wither. —S. Daniel. 
Saffron, Meadow ... Aly happiest days are fast. 
Some blast had struck the cheerful scene. 
The lawns, the woods, were not so green.— Whilehead. 
Sage . Domestic virtue. 
So live, that, sinking in thy last long sleep. 
Calm thou may’st smile, while all around thee weep.— 
Sir W. Jones. 
