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Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
A gentlemans grayhound, and a salt-box; seeke them at the fire.
A gentlemans grayhound, and a salt-box; seeke them at the fire.
Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?
Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
In every Art it is good to have a master.
In every Art it is good to have a master.
If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.
The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.