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It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
God made not pleasures for the rich alone.
God made not pleasures for the rich alone.
The constancy of the benefit of the yeere in their seasons argues
a Deity.
The constancy of the benefit of the yeere in their seasons argues
a Deity.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak.
Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak.
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
