Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
GEORGE HERBERTDrink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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He that will be surety, shall pay.
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The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
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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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The cholerick man never wants woe.
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Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome. [In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]
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Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
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A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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It is better to have wings then hornes.
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