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Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
Nothing secure unlesse suspected.
Nothing secure unlesse suspected.
Trust not him that hath once broken faith.
Trust not him that hath once broken faith.
It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.
It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.
What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
Would you know what mony is, Go borrow some.
Would you know what mony is, Go borrow some.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.