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<\/a><\/p>\n1735
\nEarly to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
\nNothing but Money, Is Sweeter than Honey.
\nAre you angry that others disappoint you? remember you cannot depend upon yourself.
\nBad Commentators spoil the best of books,
\nApprove not of him who commends all you say.
\nThe King’s cheese is half wasted in parings; but no matter, ’tis made of the peoples milk.
\nBy diligence and patience, the mouse bit in two the cable.
\nFull of courtesie, full of craft.
\nKeep thy shop, & thy shop will keep thee.
\nLook before, or you’ll find yourself behind.
\nNecessity never made a good bargain.
\nBe slow in chusing a Friend, slower in changing.
\nA little House well fill’d, a little Field well till’d, and a little Wife well will’d, are great Riches.
\nThe poor man must walk to get meat for his stomach, the rich man to get a stomach to his meat.
\nThree may keep a Secret, if two of them are dead.
\nThe Family of Fools is ancient.
\nIf Pride leads the Van, Beggary brings up the Rear.
\nThere’s many witty men whose brains can’t fill their bellies.
\nWeighty Questions ask for deliberate Answers.
\nPain wastes the Body, Pleasures the Understanding.
\nThe cunning man steals a horse, the wise man lets him alone.
\nHumility makes great men twice honourable.
\nOf learned Fools I have seen ten times ten, Of unlearned wise men I have seen a hundred.
\nPoverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things.
\nA lie stands on 1 leg, the Truth on 2.
\nWhat’s given shines, What’s receiv’d is rusty.
\nSloth and Silence are a Fool’s Virtues.
\nThere’s small Revenge in Words, but Words may be greatly revenged.
\nA man is never so ridiculous by those Qualities that are his own as by those that he affects to have.
\nDeny Self for Self’s sake.
\nEver since Follies have pleas’d, Fools have been able to divert.
\nIt is better to take many Injuries than to give one.
\nOpportunity is the great Bawd.
\nTo be humble to Superiors is Duty, to Equals Courtesy, to Inferiors Nobleness.
\nHere comes the Orator! with his Flood of Words, and his Drop of Reason.
\nIf what most men admire, they would despise, ‘Twould look as if mankind were growing wise.
\nThe Sun never repents of the good he does, nor does he ever demand a recompence.
\nAn old young man, will be a young old man.
\nEyes and Priests Bear no Jests.
\nSome are weatherwise, some are otherwise.
\nOne Mend-fault is worth two Findfaults, but one Findfault is better than two Makefaults.
\nSo God sends meat (they say) the devil Cooks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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