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Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
Shee spins well that breedes her children.
Shee spins well that breedes her children.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
I sit within a helmless bark.
I sit within a helmless bark.
A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.
A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.