Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
GEORGE HERBERTA little labour, much health.
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It’s not good fishing before the net.
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
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When war begins, then hell openeth.
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
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Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv’n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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The cholerick man never wants woe.
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