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Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to
discompose their curls. Dandies.]
Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to
discompose their curls. Dandies.]
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when
it is in his power to read more
He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when
it is in his power to do so.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding
an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]
One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding
an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]
The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
