Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.

Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.

She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
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She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
In her mouth, not a wooden ladle.

To counsel others, and to disregard one's own safety, is folly.

To counsel others, and to disregard one's own safety, is folly.

Safe bind, safe find.

Safe bind, safe find.

All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.

All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.

The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.

The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.

That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.

That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.

Love makes all hard hearts gentle.

Love makes all hard hearts gentle.

Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.