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Page 83
... font vivre I ' homme dix fois dix . To Rife at fix , and Dine at ten , to Sup at fix and go to + Bed at ten , make a Man live ten times ten years . Il n'y a point de plus beau Revenu que l'efpargne G 2 11 French Proverbs . 83 Pais gaftè ...
... font vivre I ' homme dix fois dix . To Rife at fix , and Dine at ten , to Sup at fix and go to + Bed at ten , make a Man live ten times ten years . Il n'y a point de plus beau Revenu que l'efpargne G 2 11 French Proverbs . 83 Pais gaftè ...
Page 86
... font les meilleures . Errors fhould be foon redreft ; The Shorteft Follies are the beft . Achette Paix et maison faite . Buy Peace and an House ready made . La Paix eft la Fefte de tous Saints . Peace is the Feaft of all Saints . Il ne ...
... font les meilleures . Errors fhould be foon redreft ; The Shorteft Follies are the beft . Achette Paix et maison faite . Buy Peace and an House ready made . La Paix eft la Fefte de tous Saints . Peace is the Feaft of all Saints . Il ne ...
Page 87
... font vieux Avarice eft encorè jeune . when all other Sins die for Age , Avarice grows young , Affez a qui fe contente . He hath enough who thinks he hath it . Qui n'a cœur ait jambes . He who bath no Heart ( or Memory ) must have Legs ...
... font vieux Avarice eft encorè jeune . when all other Sins die for Age , Avarice grows young , Affez a qui fe contente . He hath enough who thinks he hath it . Qui n'a cœur ait jambes . He who bath no Heart ( or Memory ) must have Legs ...
Page 90
... font les feules richeffes du monde . A peaceful quiet Mind , and an healthy Body , are the best and truest Wealth . On a beau de chercher le Repos dans le Monde , on ne le trouve jamais qu ' en Dieu . , Tis in vain that Men look for ...
... font les feules richeffes du monde . A peaceful quiet Mind , and an healthy Body , are the best and truest Wealth . On a beau de chercher le Repos dans le Monde , on ne le trouve jamais qu ' en Dieu . , Tis in vain that Men look for ...
Page 92
... font que Songe , et que fumée . Glory , Fame , and high Renown , Are only Smoak , an empty Dream . A Folle demande il ne faut point de reponse . + A foolish Question fhould have no Answer . A nul ne peut être Amy qui de foy - mefine eft ...
... font que Songe , et que fumée . Glory , Fame , and high Renown , Are only Smoak , an empty Dream . A Folle demande il ne faut point de reponse . + A foolish Question fhould have no Answer . A nul ne peut être Amy qui de foy - mefine eft ...
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Page 112 - If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, it would make him pull his hat over his eyes.
Page 106 - Revenge we can take on •*, our Enemies. Fair words make me look to my Purfe. The fhorteft Anfwer is doing the thing. He who would have what he hath not, -fliould do what he doth not. He who hath Horns in his Bofom, needs not put them upon his Head. . . • Good and Quickly feldom meet. God' is at the end when we think he is fartheft ofE He who contemplates hath a Day without Night.
Page 113 - Ignorance is better than pride with greater knowledge. The charitable man gives out at the door, and God puts in at the window.
Page 28 - If you would have a thing kept fecret, never tell it to any one ; and if you would not have a thing known of you, never do it. Whatever you are going to do or fay, think well kill what may DC the conlequcnce of it. They are always felling wit to others who have le:ift or
Page 112 - Tis a fmall family that hath neither a thief nor an harlot in it. To give and to keep there is need of wit. A man never furfeits of too much honefty. Honour nnd eafe are fcldom bedfellows.
Page 110 - Gold goes in at any gate except that of heaven. Knaves and fools divide the world. No great lofs but may bring fome little profit. When poverty comes in at the door, love leaps out at the window.
Page 37 - Do not all that you can do ; spend not all that you have ; believe not all that you hear; and tell not all you knovr.
Page 68 - Keep yourself from the anger of a great man, from the tumult of a mob, from a man of ill fame, from a widow that has been thrice married, from a wind that comes in at a hole, and from a reconciled enemy.
Page 32 - An honest man has half as much more brains as he needs ; a knave hath not half as much.
Page 7 - Wise men have their mouth in their heart, fools their heart in their mouth.