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He is most powerful who governs himself.
He is most powerful who governs himself.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp read more
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp of pageantry, as if
He felt the eyes of Europe on his tail.
Life's cares are comforts; such by heaven design'd
He that has none, must make them or be wretched.
Life's cares are comforts; such by heaven design'd
He that has none, must make them or be wretched.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
His bark is worse than his bite.
His bark is worse than his bite.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.
If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.
