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In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.
It is but a poor establishment where there are not many
superfluous things which the owner knows not of, read more
It is but a poor establishment where there are not many
superfluous things which the owner knows not of, and which go to
the thieves.
Live for today for tomorrow never comes.
Live for today for tomorrow never comes.
Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.
Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.
Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.
