Good swimmers at length are drowned.

Good swimmers at length are drowned.

But me no buts.

But me no buts.

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
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There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.

Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him.

Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him.

Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!

Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

The open door tempts a saint.

The open door tempts a saint.

Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.

Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.