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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.
Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.
Talke much and erre much, saies the Spanyard.
Talke much and erre much, saies the Spanyard.
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays,
And confident to-morrows.
A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays,
And confident to-morrows.