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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
Nothing succeeds like success.
[Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]
Nothing succeeds like success.
[Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]
Savage bears agree with one another.
Savage bears agree with one another.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.
Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.