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It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in
joke.
It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in
joke.
Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.
Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
He that deales in the world needes foure seeves.
He that deales in the world needes foure seeves.
It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
And whispering, "I will ne'er consent," consented.
And whispering, "I will ne'er consent," consented.
No naked man is sought after to be rifled.
No naked man is sought after to be rifled.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Poverty is the mother of health.
Poverty is the mother of health.