Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.

Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.

If folly were griefe every house would weepe.

If folly were griefe every house would weepe.

For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

From his silence a man's consent is inferred.

From his silence a man's consent is inferred.

I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of
Arabia.

I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of
Arabia.

How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

See the effect of commercial intercourse.

See the effect of commercial intercourse.

When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.

When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.

Promising is the eve of giving.

Promising is the eve of giving.