Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.

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.

It is hard to abstain from writing satire.

It is hard to abstain from writing satire.

We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.

We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.

It is but a poor establishment where there are not many
superfluous things which the owner knows not of, read more

It is but a poor establishment where there are not many
superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to
the thieves.

She is kept alive on the milk of asses which she takes with her
wherever she goes.

She is kept alive on the milk of asses which she takes with her
wherever she goes.

Do not expect good from another's death.

Do not expect good from another's death.

The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]

The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]

The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.

The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.