Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.

Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.

One man thinks one thing best, another another.

One man thinks one thing best, another another.

Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.

Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.

The cholerick man never wants woe.

The cholerick man never wants woe.

For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

The more they drink the more they thirst.

The more they drink the more they thirst.

Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.

Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.

The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.

The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.

That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.

That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.