Let the poor man mind his tongue.

Let the poor man mind his tongue.

All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.

All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.

Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.

Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.

Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.

In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.

In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.

There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
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There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]

He that is once borne, once must dy.

He that is once borne, once must dy.

Nothing is so secure in its position as not to be in danger from
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Nothing is so secure in its position as not to be in danger from
the attack even of the weak.

Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.

Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.