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Frugality is the mother of all virtues.
Frugality is the mother of all virtues.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
The perswasion of the fortunate swaies the doubtfull.
The perswasion of the fortunate swaies the doubtfull.
Day treads upon the heels of day, and the new moons hasten to
their waning.
Day treads upon the heels of day, and the new moons hasten to
their waning.
A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
He that would be well, needs not goe from his owne house.
He that would be well, needs not goe from his owne house.
