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• Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might. -- Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes ix, 10
• A wounded spirit who can bear? -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xviii, 14
• A merry heart doeth good like a medicine. -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xvii, 22
• Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein. -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xxvi, 27
• Every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth. -- New Testament -- Matthew vii, 8
• As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
  -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xi, 22...
• As an ox goeth to the slaughter. -- Old Testament -- Proverbs vii, 22; Jeremiah xi, 19
• Heap coals of fire upon his head. -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xxv, 22
• A man that hath friends must show himself friendly
  and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother....