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Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
The Court hath no Almanack.
The Court hath no Almanack.
It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the
deede, the French after the deede.
The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the
deede, the French after the deede.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
God has joined the innocent with the guilty.
God has joined the innocent with the guilty.
To the inexperienced it is a pleasant thing to court the favour
of the great; an experienced man fears read more
To the inexperienced it is a pleasant thing to court the favour
of the great; an experienced man fears it.
Power seldome grows old at Court.
Power seldome grows old at Court.
