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To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.
To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
He will be beloved when he is no more.
He will be beloved when he is no more.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Short boughs, long vintage.
Short boughs, long vintage.
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.]
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
