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When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
Men at some times are masters of their fates.
Men at some times are masters of their fates.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.
Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.
A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
