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He comes to the world, as a gentleman comes
To a lodging ready furnished.
He comes to the world, as a gentleman comes
To a lodging ready furnished.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
Trust not him that hath once broken faith.
Trust not him that hath once broken faith.
Consider an enemy may become a friend.
Consider an enemy may become a friend.
A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
