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“A coward thinks he shall live for ever, if he can but keep out of the reach of arms: but though he should escape every weapon, old age, that spares none, will give him no quarter.
“The gluttonous man, if he is not upon his guard, eats his own death: and the gluttony of a fool makes the wise man laugh.
“The flocks know when to return to the fold, and to quit the pasture: but the worthless and slothful know not how to restrain their gluttony.
“The lewd and dissolute man makes a mock of every thing: not considering how much he himself is the object of derision. No one ought to laugh at another, until he is free from faults himself.
“A man void of sense, ponders all night long, and his mind wanders without ceasing: but when he is weary at the point of day, he is nothing wiser than he was over-night.
“He thinks he is profoundly knowing; being indeed most superficial and
