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Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and
pounds will take care of themselves.
Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and
pounds will take care of themselves.
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
Never was anything so inconsistent.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.
Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
