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Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.
All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Without favour none will know you, and with it you will not know
your selfe.
Without favour none will know you, and with it you will not know
your selfe.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
In a good house all is quickly ready.
In a good house all is quickly ready.