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Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
God keep me from false friends!
God keep me from false friends!
 What lies concealed is unknown; there can be no desire for what 
is not known.  
 What lies concealed is unknown; there can be no desire for what 
is not known. 
 Where lives the man that has not tried,
 How mirth can into folly glide,
  And folly into read more 
 Where lives the man that has not tried,
 How mirth can into folly glide,
  And folly into sin! 
 There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
 Would men observingly distill it out;
  For our read more 
 There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
 Would men observingly distill it out;
  For our bad neighbor makes us early stirrers,
   Which is both healthful, and good husbandry.