Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
GEORGE HERBERTA married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
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Man is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
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A child correct behind and not before.
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He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
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Good and quickly seldom meet.
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Anothers bread costs deare.
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Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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