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“In Maie get a weede hooke, a crotch and a glove, And weed out such weedes as the corne doth not love. Slack never they weeding, for dearth nor for cheape, The corne shall reward it er ever ye reape. [Found in Helen Nearing, ‘Wise Words on the Good Life’, 1980.”

“Tide flowing is feared, for many a thing, Great danger to such as be sick, it doth bring; Sea ebb, by long ebbing, some respite doth give, And sendeth good comfort, to such as shall live.”

“At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year.”

“Time tries the troth in everything.”

“Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man.”

“Sing hey! Sing hey! For Christmas Day; Twine mistletoe and holly. For a friendship glows In winter snows, And so let's all be jolly! At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year”

“A fool and his money be soon at debate”

“Seek home for rest, for home is best.”

“What a greater crime. Than loss of time.”

“Fear God, and offend not the Prince nor his laws, and keep thyself out of the magistrate's claws.”

“Provide of thine own, to have all things at hand; Less work and the workman, unoccupied, stand. Make dry over-head both hovel and shack. Wash sheep (for the better) where water doth run; Let him go cleanly, and dry in the sun. Thy houses and and barns would be looked upon; And all things a[...]ed, ere harvest come on. At midsummer, down with the brambles and brakes; And after, abroad, with thy forks and thy rakes; Set movers a mowing, where meadow is grown; The longer now standing, the worse to be mown.”

“As order is heavenly, where quiet is had, so error is hell, or a mischief as bad.”