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Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
It is a kingly act to help the fallen.
It is a kingly act to help the fallen.
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
