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Though old and wise, yet still advise.
Though old and wise, yet still advise.
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too
much.
A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too
much.
No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.
No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
[Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insania.]
