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Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.
There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.
 While your client is watching for you at the front door, slip out 
at the back.  
 While your client is watching for you at the front door, slip out 
at the back. 
 Repentance follows hasty counsels.
 [Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]  
 Repentance follows hasty counsels.
 [Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.] 
 Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at 
every water, shall neither have good read more 
 Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at 
every water, shall neither have good wife nor good horse. 
Good things soon find a purchaser.
Good things soon find a purchaser.
 It is success that colours all in life,
 Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.  
 It is success that colours all in life,
 Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest. 
 Dress drains our cellar dry,
 And keeps our larder lean; puts out our fires
  And introduces hunger, read more 
 Dress drains our cellar dry,
 And keeps our larder lean; puts out our fires
  And introduces hunger, frost, and woe,
   Where peace and hospitality might reign.