Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.

Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.

Let not your expenditure exceed your income.

Let not your expenditure exceed your income.

Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]

Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]

Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to
indulge in them; a man cannot tell his read more

Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to
indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.

Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.

Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.

To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious read more

To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious want,
And, consecrated by the heaven within it,
The sky-blue pool a font.

On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.

On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.

Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.

Greene wood makes a hott fire.

Greene wood makes a hott fire.