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He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
No lock will hold against the power of gold.
No lock will hold against the power of gold.
The Catt sees not the mouse ever.
The Catt sees not the mouse ever.
She had a good opinion of advice,
Like all who give and eke receive it gratis,
For read more
She had a good opinion of advice,
Like all who give and eke receive it gratis,
For which small thanks are still the market price,
Even where the article at highest rate is.
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none.
Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none.
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's read more
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's children feel the matin spring
Of life reviving, with reviving day.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
