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Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
Take heed of foul dirty wayes, and long sicknesse.
Take heed of foul dirty wayes, and long sicknesse.
God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to read more
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to drink.
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord
shall reward thee.