"A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre."
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"The Sundaies of man's life, Thredded together on time's string, Make bracelets to adorn the wife Of the eternal, glorious King. On Sunday heaven's gates stand ope; Blessings are plentiful and rife. More plentiful than hope."
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"Let thy mind's sweetness have its operation upon thy body, clothes, and habitation."
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"He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard."
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"Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes."
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"If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles."
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"No day so clear but hath dark clouds."
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"The Royall Crowne cures not the head-ach. [The Royal Crown cures not the headache.]"
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"Sometimes the best gain is to lose."
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"Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer."
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"Patience, time and money accommodate all things."
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"Storms make oaks take deeper root."
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"Good and quickly seldom meet."
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"Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?"
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"Persons unmask their evilest qualities when they do quarrel."
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"Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the turne. [Neither praise nor dispraise thyself; thy actions serve the turn.]"
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"Fine words dresse ill deedes."
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"The Catt sees not the mouse ever."
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"Time is the rider that breaks youth."
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"When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese."
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