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Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
Citties are taken by the eares.
Citties are taken by the eares.
A pleasant traveling companion helps us on our journey as much as
a carriage.
A pleasant traveling companion helps us on our journey as much as
a carriage.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
