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The way to good conduct is never too late.
The way to good conduct is never too late.
Idle folks have the most labour.
Idle folks have the most labour.
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
Hit the nail on the head.
Hit the nail on the head.
A pittifull looke askes enough.
A pittifull looke askes enough.
The weakest goes to the wall.
The weakest goes to the wall.
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.
