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• The next way home 's the farthest way about. -- Francis Quarles (1592-1644) -- Emblems, Book iv, Emblem 2, Ep.
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• The slender debt to Nature 's quickly paid, Discharged, perchance, with greater ease than made.
  -- Francis Quarles (1592-1644) -- Emblems, Book ii, Emblem 13...
• It is the lot of man but once to die. -- Francis Quarles (1592-1644) -- Emblems, Book v, Emblem 7
• This house is to be let for life or years; Her rent is sorrow, and her income tears.
  Cupid, 't has long stood void; her bills make known, She must be dearly let, or let alone....
• Sweet Phosphor, bring the day Whose conquering ray May chase these fog
  Sweet Phosphor, bring the day! Sweet Phosphor, bring the day!...
• Aggressiveness in worldly affairs or business will benefit your purse.
• I, thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated To closeness and the bettering of my mind.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), The Tempest -- Act i, Sc. 2...
• With this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow.
  -- Book of Common Prayer -- Solemnization of Matrimony...
• Your depth of comprehension may tend to make you lax in worldly ways.