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 Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man 
read his own dark heart.  
 Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man 
read his own dark heart. 
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
 What is the sin which is not
 Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
  Or virtue?  
 What is the sin which is not
 Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
  Or virtue? 
 Silence gives consent.
 [Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]  
 Silence gives consent.
 [Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.] 
Providence is better then a rent.
Providence is better then a rent.