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Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
Dally not with mony or women.
Dally not with mony or women.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.
Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to
our insufficient fortune.
Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to
our insufficient fortune.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
For the labourer is worthy of his hire.
For the labourer is worthy of his hire.
