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Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
What you would not have done to yourselves, never do unto others.
What you would not have done to yourselves, never do unto others.
Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
At Court, every one for himselfe.
At Court, every one for himselfe.
