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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.
Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into read more
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!
