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Page 11
... repentance . Among the perils and dangers of life solitude is none of the least . Anger begins with folly , and ends with repentance . Anger is the fever and frenzy of the soul . Anger may glance into the breast of a wise man , but ...
... repentance . Among the perils and dangers of life solitude is none of the least . Anger begins with folly , and ends with repentance . Anger is the fever and frenzy of the soul . Anger may glance into the breast of a wise man , but ...
Page 49
... than want of manners . Lament not the dead , but the living . Late repentance is seldom true . Lavishness is not generosity . Law governs man , and reason law . Lay on more wood ; the ashes will yield money PROVERBS . 49.
... than want of manners . Lament not the dead , but the living . Late repentance is seldom true . Lavishness is not generosity . Law governs man , and reason law . Lay on more wood ; the ashes will yield money PROVERBS . 49.
Page 53
... repentance . Many things fall out between the cup and the lip . Many words will not fill a bushel . • Many would have been worse , if their estates had been better . March birds are best . March grass never did good . Masters are mostly ...
... repentance . Many things fall out between the cup and the lip . Many words will not fill a bushel . • Many would have been worse , if their estates had been better . March birds are best . March grass never did good . Masters are mostly ...
Page 58
... repentance hereafter can be sincere . No rose without a prickle . No smoke without some fire . No sunshine but hath some shadow . No sweet without some sweat . No time was ever suitable in all points . No vice but hath its patron . No ...
... repentance hereafter can be sincere . No rose without a prickle . No smoke without some fire . No sunshine but hath some shadow . No sweet without some sweat . No time was ever suitable in all points . No vice but hath its patron . No ...
Page 69
... repentance . Sudden joy kills sooner than excessive grief , Suffering for a friend doubleth the friendship . Surgeons cut that they may cure . Surgeons must have an eagle's eye , a lion's heart , and a lady's hand . Suspicion may be no ...
... repentance . Sudden joy kills sooner than excessive grief , Suffering for a friend doubleth the friendship . Surgeons cut that they may cure . Surgeons must have an eagle's eye , a lion's heart , and a lady's hand . Suspicion may be no ...
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bear betimes better bird blows break brings broth butter Candlemas-day catch coal of fire cold comes conscience corn counsel danger death deceived doth drink enemy envy evil eyes fair fall faults fears feast feather fire fish folly fool fool's fortune give goes goeth gold goose greatest groat hand happy hare hath heart hold honest horse idle injury ISAAC D'ISRAELI keep knave live longest day loseth maketh man's mastiffs merry mouth never one's oxen passion patience penny philosopher's stone Plain dealing pleasure poor porridge praise Pride PROVERBS purse repentance rich sauce seldom sell shame shilling shoe soon sorrow speak thee things thou tongue trust Truth Twill vice vinegar virtue wealth wife wind wine wisdom wise words worse worth
Popular passages
Page 106 - A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay. A swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon. A swarm of bees in July is not worth a fly.
Page 24 - For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.
Page 57 - No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.
Page 41 - I with a new one : it is so well worth taking a journey for, that if the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain.
Page 45 - Else there is nothing that can comfort you: but if you have served God in a holy life, send away the women and the weepers; tell them it is as much intemperance to weep .too much as to laugh too much...
Page 121 - Tell me with whom thou goest, and I'll tell thee what thou doest.
Page 122 - If the twenty-fourth of August be fair and clear, Then hope for a prosperous autumn that year.
Page 17 - CUSTOM is the plague of wise men, and the idol of fools.
Page 119 - When I did well, I heard it never; When I did ill, I heard it ever.
Page 3 - A good cause and a good tongue, yet money must carry it. A good cause makes a stout heart and a strong arm.