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Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
 You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in 
it.  
 You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in 
it. 
Small minds are captivated by trifles.
Small minds are captivated by trifles.
 There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
 As that abominable tittle-tattle,
  Which is the cud eschew'd by read more 
 There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
 As that abominable tittle-tattle,
  Which is the cud eschew'd by human cattle. 
 I am not what I once was.
 [Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]  
 I am not what I once was.
 [Lat., Non sum qualis eram.] 
The best things in life are free.
The best things in life are free.
Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.
Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.
 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your 
wrath: Neither give place to read more 
 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your 
wrath: Neither give place to the devil.