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He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will read more
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work
hard.]
Give place to your superiors.
Give place to your superiors.
Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well
used. Exclaim no more against it.
Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well
used. Exclaim no more against it.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.
Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.