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Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Scared out of his seven senses.
Scared out of his seven senses.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.
The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.
Good service is a great inchantment.
Good service is a great inchantment.
Though old and wise, yet still advise.
Though old and wise, yet still advise.