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The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.
The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
More have repented speech then silence.
[More have repented speech than silence.]
More have repented speech then silence.
[More have repented speech than silence.]
An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
He that chastens one, chastens 20.
He that chastens one, chastens 20.
Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.
Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
