Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
GEORGE HERBERTAn upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
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He that burnes most shines most.
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Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
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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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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
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The life of man is a winter way.
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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
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Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
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Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
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Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.
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The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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