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Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
There is no evil without its compensation.
There is no evil without its compensation.
Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.
Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.
Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.