Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.

Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.

'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.

'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.

The market is the best garden.

The market is the best garden.

To deceive ones selfe is very easie.

To deceive ones selfe is very easie.

Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.

Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.

Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
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Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him.]

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.

He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

It is more blessed to give than to receive.