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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
Hee goes not out of his way, that goes to a good Inne.
Hee goes not out of his way, that goes to a good Inne.
A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
Two heads are better than one.
Two heads are better than one.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
