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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
Fresh feres will dry the bright blue eye
We late saw streaming o'er.
Fresh feres will dry the bright blue eye
We late saw streaming o'er.
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.
Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
God keep me from false friends!
God keep me from false friends!
