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A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
