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A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
 No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble 
about.  
 No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble 
about. 
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.
Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.
Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
 I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to 
circumstances.  
 I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to 
circumstances. 
 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above 
rubies.  
 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above 
rubies. 
 But we are all men
 In our own natures frail.  
 But we are all men
 In our own natures frail.