Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.

To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.

To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.

It's good walking with a horse in ones hand.

It's good walking with a horse in ones hand.

A friend always loves, but he who loves is not always a friend.

A friend always loves, but he who loves is not always a friend.

Be cheerful, if you are wise.

Be cheerful, if you are wise.

Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.

Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.

He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.

He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.

Cities seldome change Religion only.

Cities seldome change Religion only.

Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.

Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.