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Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.
Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.
He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.
He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
Time flies never to be recalled.
Time flies never to be recalled.
Our owne actions are our security, not others judgements.
Our owne actions are our security, not others judgements.
Frugality is one thing, avarice another.
Frugality is one thing, avarice another.
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her read more
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.