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When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.
When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.
Get money, money still!
And then let virtue follow, if she will.
Get money, money still!
And then let virtue follow, if she will.
The Cow knowes not what her taile is worth, till she have lost
it.
The Cow knowes not what her taile is worth, till she have lost
it.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.
Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
