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If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the
wind for revealing them to the trees.
Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.
Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
The sow that was washed is turned to her wallowing in the mire.
The sow that was washed is turned to her wallowing in the mire.
Chuse not an house neere an lnne (viz. for noise) or in a corner
(for filth).
Chuse not an house neere an lnne (viz. for noise) or in a corner
(for filth).
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.