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With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.
With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.
Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of
wickedness.
Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of
wickedness.
Deceive not thy Physitian, Confessor, nor Lawyer.
Deceive not thy Physitian, Confessor, nor Lawyer.
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
A friend is a second self.
A friend is a second self.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit
the mark?
Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit
the mark?
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Hee that goes to bed thirsty riseth healthy.
[He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy.]
Hee that goes to bed thirsty riseth healthy.
[He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy.]
