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In a retreat the lame are formost.
In a retreat the lame are formost.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
crinoline and chignon.]
The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
crinoline and chignon.]
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Give place to your superiors.
Give place to your superiors.
Enjoy thankfully any happy hour heaven may send you, nor think
that your delights will keep till another year.
Enjoy thankfully any happy hour heaven may send you, nor think
that your delights will keep till another year.
