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Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Love and dignity do not dwell together.
Love and dignity do not dwell together.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.
Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Dally not with mony or women.
Dally not with mony or women.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
