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“562. When the tree is fallen all goe with their hatchet.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“778. He that doth what he should not shall feele what he would not.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“901. Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.”

This is printed in some editions as: Half the world knows not how the other half lives.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“314. The absent partie is still faultie.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime,
'T is angels' music.”

The Temple (1633), The Church Porch

“[ The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet. ]”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“74. Hearken to Reason, or shee will bee heard.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“649. A beane in liberty is better than a comfit in prison.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie:
A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby.”

The Temple (1633), The Church Porch

“310. Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“850. He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“502. A penny spar'd is twice got.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“775. A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“241. An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“196. Hee that lookes not before finds himself behind.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“1011. The eye is bigger then the belly.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“906. Silkes and satins put out the fire in the chimney.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“[ What one day gives us another takes away from us. ]”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees farther of the two.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“876. One houre's sleepe before midnight is worth three after.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)