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It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.
Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.
The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.
The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.
