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Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Make hay while the sun shines.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our
past life with pleasure.
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our
past life with pleasure.
More have repented speech then silence.
[More have repented speech than silence.]
More have repented speech then silence.
[More have repented speech than silence.]
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
