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He is the least in want who is the least covetous.
He is the least in want who is the least covetous.
Let the cobbler stick to his last.
Let the cobbler stick to his last.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
Frugality is the mother of all virtues.
Frugality is the mother of all virtues.
The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
Simple is the language of truth.
Simple is the language of truth.
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.