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Her voice was ever soft,
Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman.
Her voice was ever soft,
Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman.
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.
So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.
So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.
Amongst good men two men suffice.
Amongst good men two men suffice.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
