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For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.
For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.
Manie things are lost for want of asking.
Manie things are lost for want of asking.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.
Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.
All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.
All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.
Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright
Ne'er carried a heartstain away on its blade.
Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright
Ne'er carried a heartstain away on its blade.
Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.
Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.
Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.
Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.
