Then gently scan your brother man,
Still gentler sister woman;
Though they may gang a' kennin' wrang
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Then gently scan your brother man,
Still gentler sister woman;
Though they may gang a' kennin' wrang
To step aside is human.

Men shut their doors against the setting sun.

Men shut their doors against the setting sun.

Two ill meales make the third a glutton.

Two ill meales make the third a glutton.

For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich;
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
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For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich;
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.

The world itself is too small for the covetous.

The world itself is too small for the covetous.

Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]

Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]

It will please though ten times repeated.

It will please though ten times repeated.

I am sure care's an enemy to life.

I am sure care's an enemy to life.

The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.

The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.