But whether we have less or more, Always thank we God therefor.

The couplet urges gratitude independent of material circumstance: whether one has “less or more,” the proper response is to give thanks to God. Its plain diction and balanced phrasing (“less or more”) reflect a common devotional theme in English-language religious verse—contentment, humility, and thanksgiving as moral disciplines rather than reactions to prosperity. The line also implies a leveling ethic: abundance is not proof of virtue, and scarcity is not grounds for despair; both conditions call for the same spiritual posture. As a standalone maxim, it functions well as a grace, a moral reminder, or a consolatory refrain in periods of hardship.