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We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.
We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
Fortune favours the bold.
Fortune favours the bold.
What will their masters not accomplish when low fellows are so
presumptuous?
What will their masters not accomplish when low fellows are so
presumptuous?
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
Pension never inriched young man.
Pension never inriched young man.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.
Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.
