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The wife is the key of the house.
The wife is the key of the house.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
Sit in your place and none can make you rise.
Sit in your place and none can make you rise.
Who gives to all, denies all.
Who gives to all, denies all.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be read more
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be seduced?
