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After the house is finisht, leave it.
After the house is finisht, leave it.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
There are a kind of men so loose of soul,
That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs.
There are a kind of men so loose of soul,
That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs.
Praise none too much, for all are fickle.
Praise none too much, for all are fickle.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.