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When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.
When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
Take heede of still waters, the quick passe away.
[Take heed of still waters, they quick pass away.]
Take heede of still waters, the quick passe away.
[Take heed of still waters, they quick pass away.]
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
