Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.

Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.

At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
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At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
Tormenting himself with his prickles.

Dull not device by coldness and delay.

Dull not device by coldness and delay.

Idle people have the least leisure.

Idle people have the least leisure.

What prevents a man's speaking good sense with a smile on his
face?

What prevents a man's speaking good sense with a smile on his
face?

God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.

God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.

It is proper that every man should measure himself by his own
proportion and standard.

It is proper that every man should measure himself by his own
proportion and standard.

You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.

You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.

Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.

Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.