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Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.
Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.
The end crowns all,
And that old common arbitrator, Time,
Will one day end it.
The end crowns all,
And that old common arbitrator, Time,
Will one day end it.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat
Of habit's devil.
He that is angry at a feast is rude.
He that is angry at a feast is rude.
Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it.
Be cautious as to what you say of men, and to whom you speak it.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.