Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.

Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.

Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.

He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.

He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall
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Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall
take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day
is the evil thereof.

The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.

The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.

Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.

Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.

Let not your expenditure exceed your income.

Let not your expenditure exceed your income.

And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.

And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.

Care, mad to see a man sae happy,
E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.

Care, mad to see a man sae happy,
E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.