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If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
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If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
May go to whoop and holloa.
Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
Little does the sick man consult his own interests, who makes his
physician his heir.
Little does the sick man consult his own interests, who makes his
physician his heir.
Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
Water trotted is as good as oates.
Water trotted is as good as oates.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
Nothing is achieved without toil.
Nothing is achieved without toil.
Fear not the future, weep not for the past.
Fear not the future, weep not for the past.
A little and good fills the trencher.
A little and good fills the trencher.
