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The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
Omittance is no quittance.
Omittance is no quittance.
Hee that lives well is learned enough.
Hee that lives well is learned enough.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
He that serves well needes not ask his wages.
He that serves well needes not ask his wages.
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.