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So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
He is most powerful who governs himself.
He is most powerful who governs himself.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of
wickedness.
Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of
wickedness.
Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
