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Give place to your superiors.
Give place to your superiors.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
Count not fowre except you have them in a wallett.
Count not fowre except you have them in a wallett.
 In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not 
discretion.  
 In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not 
discretion. 
 Know thyself.
 [Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]  
 Know thyself.
 [Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)] 
You will not be a chip the richer.
You will not be a chip the richer.
 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above 
rubies.  
 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above 
rubies. 
You made this mess yourself, and now you must eat it all up.
You made this mess yourself, and now you must eat it all up.