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August 23 - August 25, 2023
Beware of little Expences, a small Leak will sink a great Ship.
It's common for Men to give 6 pretended Reasons instead of one real one.
Vanity backbites more than Malice.
Tis easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.
When the Well's dry, we know the Worth of Water.
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her Mask.
A Plowman on his Legs is higher than a Gentleman on his Knees.
The Tongue is ever turning to the aching Tooth.
Take Courage, Mortal; Death can't banish thee out of the Universe.
Tis a strange Forest that has no rotten Wood in't.
Courage would fight, but Discretion won't let him.
Despair ruins some, Presumption many.
A quiet Conscience sleeps in Thunder, but Rest and Guilt live far asunder.
He that won't be counsell'd, can't be help'd.
Write Injuries in Dust, Benefits in Marble.
What maintains one Vice would bring up two Children.
A Slip of the Foot you may soon recover: But a Slip of the Tongue you may never get over.
A Mob's a Monster; Heads enough, but no Brains.
