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A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.
Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.
Pension never inriched young man.
Pension never inriched young man.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
Villany reduces those whom it defiles to the same level.
Villany reduces those whom it defiles to the same level.
. . . all who joy would win
Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.
. . . all who joy would win
Must share it.--Happiness was born a twin.
The wife is the key of the house.
The wife is the key of the house.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
