Moral emblems, with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages ...

Maidens, wherefoe'er you go,
Walking, traveling to and fro ;
Over land or over fea,
In whatever way it be ;
In the Country or the Town,
Over meadow, dale or down,
Over hill or over moor,
In the houfe or out of door,
Over road or over ftreet,
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Clothes and Kirtles neat.
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silver and gold. Proverbs xxii. i.
Q Redire, cum periit, nescit pudor. SENEC. Agam.
Ego ilium periisse puto, cui periit pudor. PLAUT.
Omnia si perdas ; famam servare memento ;
Qua semel amissa postea nullus eris.
Etiam sanato vulnere cicatrix manet.
Although the wound be healed it always leaves a scar. (!)
Of schoon de wond'al is genesen,
Daer sal noch al een teyrken wesen. Old Dutch Proverb.
Die in een quaet geruchte kommt, is half gehangen. Ibid.
Who comes to an evil repute is half hanged. >
Give a dog a bad name and hang him. ,
(j CONDUCT thyself always with the same prudence, as though thou wert observed
Q by ten eyes, and pointed at by ten fingers.' CONFUCIUS.
Q. PUT a curb upon thy desires if thou would'st not fall into some disorder. ARISTOTLE.
IT is better to be poor, and not have been wanting in discretion, than to attain
the summit of our wishes by a loose conduct. DIOGENES. 0)
BE discreet in your discourse, but much more in your actions ; the first evaporates,
the latter endure for ever. PHOCYLIDES.
SHUN the society of the depraved, lest you follow their pernicious example, and lose
yourself
with them. PLATO.
Eer is teer. Honour is tender.
The finest silk will spoil the soonest.
Celle n'est pas entierement chaste qui fait douter de sa pudicitd
MUCH IN THE STREET, LIGHT OF REPUTE.
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