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To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.
To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.
There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
He makes a great row but does nothing.
He makes a great row but does nothing.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Believe Robert who has tried it.
[Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]
Believe Robert who has tried it.
[Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]
The cholerick man never wants woe.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
