Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
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Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from
betraying guilt!
[Heu! quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu.]

Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.

Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.

A hatt is not made for one shower.

A hatt is not made for one shower.

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

To a good spender God is the Treasurer.

To a good spender God is the Treasurer.

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.

Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.

Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.

He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.

He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.

And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.

And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.