It is better to have wings then hornes.
GEORGE HERBERTTo a good spender God is the Treasurer.
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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In a long journey straw waighs.
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The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
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He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
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There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
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