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Yee have many strings to your bowe.
Yee have many strings to your bowe.
 Archers ever
 Have two strings to bow; and shall great Cupid
  (Archer of archers both in men read more 
 Archers ever
 Have two strings to bow; and shall great Cupid
  (Archer of archers both in men and women),
   Be worse provided than a common archer? 
Get Estates may venture more. Little Boats must keep near Shore.
Get Estates may venture more. Little Boats must keep near Shore.
Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, read more
Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean upon her; she is the guide and the mistress of human life
 I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly.
 [Lat., Malo indisertam prudentiam, quam loquacem stultitiam.]  
 I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly.
 [Lat., Malo indisertam prudentiam, quam loquacem stultitiam.] 
Prudence is a rich, ugly old maid wooed by incapacity.
Prudence is a rich, ugly old maid wooed by incapacity.
 Precaution is better than cure.
 [Lat., Praestat cautela quam medela.]  
 Precaution is better than cure.
 [Lat., Praestat cautela quam medela.] 
 Let your loins be girded about, and your light burning;
 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for read more 
 Let your loins be girded about, and your light burning;
 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he 
will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, 
they may open unto him immediately. 
 And it is a common saying that it is best first to catch the 
stag, and afterwards, when he read more 
 And it is a common saying that it is best first to catch the 
stag, and afterwards, when he has been caught, to skin him.
 [Lat., Et vulgariter dicitur, quod primun oportet cervum capere, 
et postea, cum captus fuerit, illum excoriare.]