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Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the
punishment.
He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the
punishment.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
Wealth is like rheume, it falles on the weakest parts.
Wealth is like rheume, it falles on the weakest parts.
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
