The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.

The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.

Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.

Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.

Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.

Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.

He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
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He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
[He that will learn to pray, let him go to Sea.]

A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.

A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.

When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.

When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.

Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.

Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.

A man of refined taste and judgment.

A man of refined taste and judgment.

Young in limbs, in judgment old.

Young in limbs, in judgment old.