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He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
He will not carry his wealth to the waters of Acheron.
He will not carry his wealth to the waters of Acheron.
Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.
Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
Far from gay cities and the ways of men.
Far from gay cities and the ways of men.
Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.
Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.
