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Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.
Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear,
Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare.
Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear,
Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
I will be correspondent to command.
I will be correspondent to command.
