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To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Forgetful of thy tomb thou buildest houses.
Forgetful of thy tomb thou buildest houses.
He that will be surety, shall pay.
He that will be surety, shall pay.
Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by.
Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by.
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory read more
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory means, than by fear.
The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.
The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
To a brave man every soil is his country.
To a brave man every soil is his country.