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It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
So use your own property as not to injure that of another.
So use your own property as not to injure that of another.
The market is the best garden.
The market is the best garden.
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
Fly the pleasure that bites to morrow.
Fly the pleasure that bites to morrow.
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
The Rich knowes not who is his friend.
The Rich knowes not who is his friend.
