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For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.
For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.
 What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
 But words once spoke can never be recall'd.  
 What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
 But words once spoke can never be recall'd. 
The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.
The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.
There are faults we would fain pardon.
There are faults we would fain pardon.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.
Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.