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Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.
I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Hee that stumbles and falles not, mends his pace.
Hee that stumbles and falles not, mends his pace.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
He who profits by a crime, commits it.
He who profits by a crime, commits it.
Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may read more
Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.