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What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.
The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.
Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.
Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.
Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.
Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Learne weeping, and thou shalt laugh gayning.
Learne weeping, and thou shalt laugh gayning.
Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
For villany is not without such rheum.
Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
For villany is not without such rheum.
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
