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Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
Who's to look after the keepers?
Who's to look after the keepers?
And, oftentimes, excusing of a fault,
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
And, oftentimes, excusing of a fault,
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]
Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
An old friend is a new house.
An old friend is a new house.
