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Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure.
Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure.
Strength without judgment falls by its own weight.
Strength without judgment falls by its own weight.
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.
Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.
Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become
powerful.
Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become
powerful.
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.
Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
Scared out of his seven senses.
Scared out of his seven senses.