Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
GEORGE HERBERTThe honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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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.
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In a long journey straw waighs.
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France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
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The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
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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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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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Weening is not measure.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
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The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
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He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
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Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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