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He warmes too neere that burnes.
He warmes too neere that burnes.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to
discompose their curls. Dandies.]
Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to
discompose their curls. Dandies.]
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
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.
You are judged of by what you possess.
You are judged of by what you possess.