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In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.
In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
Law sutes consume time, and mony, and rest, and friends.
Law sutes consume time, and mony, and rest, and friends.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
Greene wood makes a hott fire.
Greene wood makes a hott fire.
The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
The Court hath no Almanack.
The Court hath no Almanack.
