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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth
not.
Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth
not.
That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.
That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
Even when the wound is healed the scar remains.
Even when the wound is healed the scar remains.
