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Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.
Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.
Health without money is halfe an ague.
Health without money is halfe an ague.
Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.
Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.