Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
GEORGE HERBERTWith customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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When thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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Wee know not who lives or dies.
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