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Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.
Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.
Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto read more
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you:
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
