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Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
The wife is the key of the house.
The wife is the key of the house.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.
Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.
Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]