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Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise.
Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Shee spins well that breedes her children.
Shee spins well that breedes her children.
Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.
Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.
