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All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.
All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
There is no body will go to hell for company.
There is no body will go to hell for company.
Peace, and Patience, and death with repentance.
Peace, and Patience, and death with repentance.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
The best bred have the best portion.
The best bred have the best portion.