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“449. Trust not one night's ice.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“166. Of all smells, bread; of all tasts, salt.”

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“[ There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it. ]”

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“744. Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.”

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“153. The mill cannot grind with water that's past.”

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“317. Be not a baker if your head be of butter.”

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“The worst speak something good; if all want sense,
God takes a text, and preacheth Pa-ti-ence.”

The Temple (1633), The Church Porch

“345. He that is not handsome at twenty, nor strong at thirty, nor rich at forty, nor wise at fifty, will never bee handsome, strong, rich, or wise.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“601. The fatt man knoweth not what the leane thinketh.”

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“891. Hee hath no leisure who useth it not.”

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“753. By doing nothing we learne to do ill.”

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“[ An old dog barks not in vain. ]”

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“815. In a long journey straw waighs.”

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“874. None knows the weight of another's burthen.”

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“519. One enemy is too much.”

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“82. Hee that goes barefoot must not plant thornes.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“286. Goe not for every griefe to the physitian, nor for every quarrell to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“Man is God's image; but a poor man is
Christ's stamp to boot: both images regard.”

The Temple (1633), The Church Porch

“235. One hand washeth another, and both the face.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)