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Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.
Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.
'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.
I know myself now, and I feel within me
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still read more
I know myself now, and I feel within me
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.
Then westward ho!
Grace and good disposition attend your ladyship.
Then westward ho!
Grace and good disposition attend your ladyship.
Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of read more
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing.
[Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit,
A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium
Nudus castra peto.]
