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These things by reason of our friendship I have not hesitated glo
to communicate.
These things by reason of our friendship I have not hesitated glo
to communicate.
The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought
to be interposed.
Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought
to be interposed.
The best mirrour is an old friend.
The best mirrour is an old friend.
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
