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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
Of a new Prince, new bondage.
Of a new Prince, new bondage.
A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.
Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
