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We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.
We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.
Service without reward is punishment.
Service without reward is punishment.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Our liberality should not exceed our ability.
Our liberality should not exceed our ability.
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!
When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
