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In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.
In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.
A coole mouth, and warme feet, live long.
[A cool mouth, and warm feet, live long.]
A coole mouth, and warme feet, live long.
[A cool mouth, and warm feet, live long.]
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
