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 Fortune favors the brave.
 [Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]  
 Fortune favors the brave.
 [Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.] 
 The secret wound still lives within the breast.
 [Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]  
 The secret wound still lives within the breast.
 [Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.] 
 My soul is dark! oh quickly string
 The harp I yet can brook to hear.  
 My soul is dark! oh quickly string
 The harp I yet can brook to hear. 
 'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
 And pious action, we do sugar o'er
  The devil himself.  
 'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
 And pious action, we do sugar o'er
  The devil himself. 
 In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand 
griefes prove.  
 In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand 
griefes prove. 
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
There is more talke then trouble.
There is more talke then trouble.
Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.
Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.
 The man who wants his wedding garments to suit him must allow 
plenty of time for the measure.  
 The man who wants his wedding garments to suit him must allow 
plenty of time for the measure.