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The way is an ill neighbour.
The way is an ill neighbour.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.
A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.
How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?
How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?
A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too
much.
A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too
much.
Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.
Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth.
Dry bread at home is better then rost meate abroad.
Dry bread at home is better then rost meate abroad.
