Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and
not be a true friend at heart, act in read more

Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and
not be a true friend at heart, act in the same manner, and thus
art will defeat art. [If you would catch a man let him think he
is catching you.]

His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from
hour to hour.

His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from
hour to hour.

'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.

'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.

Let the cobbler stick to his last.

Let the cobbler stick to his last.

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.

Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
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Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.

Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs.

Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs.

A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.

A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.

She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
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She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
In her mouth, not a wooden ladle.