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Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.
Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
Modesty should accompany youth.
Modesty should accompany youth.
Hee is not free that drawes his chaine.
Hee is not free that drawes his chaine.
Two other tender drops, which ready stood,
Each in their crystal sluice.
Two other tender drops, which ready stood,
Each in their crystal sluice.
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
