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Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.
A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
 A creature not too bright nor good
 For human nature's daily food.  
 A creature not too bright nor good
 For human nature's daily food. 
With but a plank between them and their fate.
With but a plank between them and their fate.
 Hell is full of good intentions.
 [Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]  
 Hell is full of good intentions.
 [Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.] 
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.