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• If I have done well, and as is fitting,... it is that which I desired
  but if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto....
• Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
  -- Old Testament -- 1 Kings xx, 11...
• Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
  -- New Testament -- John xv, 13...
• He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. -- Old Testament -- Psalm xv, 4
• Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise. -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xvii, 28
• In a good old age. -- Old Testament -- Genesis xv, 15
• A man of strife and a man of contention. -- Old Testament -- Jeremiah xv, 10
• A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance. -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xv, 13
• He giveth his beloved sleep. -- Old Testament -- Psalm cxxvii, 2