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The covetous are always in want.
The covetous are always in want.
Hee will spend a whole yeares rent at one meales meate.
Hee will spend a whole yeares rent at one meales meate.
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
Get money, money still!
And then let virtue follow, if she will.
Get money, money still!
And then let virtue follow, if she will.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
The truly noble mind has no resentments.
The truly noble mind has no resentments.
Fly the pleasure that bites to morrow.
Fly the pleasure that bites to morrow.
