When We Risk No Contradiction, It Prompts

There Is No Dependence That Can Be Sure But A Dependence Upon One's Self.

How, Like A Moth, The Simple Maid Still Plays Around The Flame!

Who Friendship With A Knave Hath Made, Is Judged A Partner In The Trade.

Of All Mechanics, Of All Servile Handycrafts-men, A Gamester Is The Vilest. But Yet, As Many Of The Quality Are Of The Profession, He Is Admitted Amongst The Politest Company.

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