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 One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a 
hundred sons one father.  
 One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a 
hundred sons one father. 
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Love and life are for to-day.
Love and life are for to-day.
 Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he 
only knew how to use it.  
 Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he 
only knew how to use it. 
 He is the furthest from danger, who is on his guard even when in 
safety.  
 He is the furthest from danger, who is on his guard even when in 
safety. 
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
 Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg, 
never quits his track.  
 Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg, 
never quits his track.