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How well I feathered by nest.
How well I feathered by nest.
Poverty is the mother of health.
Poverty is the mother of health.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem read more
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem dii diligunt,
Adolescens moritur, dum valet, sentit, sapit.]
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
When God will, no winde but brings raine.
When God will, no winde but brings raine.
To go upon the Franciscans Hackney (i.e. on foot).
To go upon the Franciscans Hackney (i.e. on foot).
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
