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Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing.
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
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Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing.
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him
And makes me poor indeed.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you
bee drowned.
In a great River great fish are found, but take heede, lest you
bee drowned.
Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.
Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
He assigned it to regions more than tropical.
He assigned it to regions more than tropical.
