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Who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.
Who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.
Honourable peace becomes men, fierce anger should belong to
beasts.
Honourable peace becomes men, fierce anger should belong to
beasts.
Every day brings his bread with it.
Every day brings his bread with it.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.
Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.
