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It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
Old Camels carry young Camels skins to the Market.
Old Camels carry young Camels skins to the Market.
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.
The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.
To be too busie gets contempt.
To be too busie gets contempt.
 I have been a soldier,
 Till the helm hath worn those aged temples bare.  
 I have been a soldier,
 Till the helm hath worn those aged temples bare. 
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.