When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
GEORGE HERBERTThe life of spies is to know, not bee known.
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The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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Who would doe ill ne’re wants occasion.
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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
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In a long journey straw waighs.
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All our pompe the earth covers.
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Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
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Better never begin than never make an end.
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When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
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Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
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