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Never without a shilling in my purse.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
Modesty should accompany youth.
Modesty should accompany youth.
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
Craft against vice I must apply.
Craft against vice I must apply.
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become
powerful.
Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become
powerful.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
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One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
