EPIGRAM
Touchy Tom, by nettles stung, Not indeed a little flurried, Swore that the first nettles sprung Where the first old maid was buried. “ True,” said Patty, with e fling, Looking at him archly coy, “ And the first that felt their sting, Was,’tis said the first old boy. Eating and Drinking. —The luxurious live to eat and drink, but the wise and temperate eat and dring to live.— Plutarch. Caution. —If at any time you are pressed to do a thing hastily be careful; fraud and deceit are always in haste; diffidence is always the right eye of prudence. Independence. —To be truly and really independent is to oopport ourselves by our ovrn exertions. — Porter.
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Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 42, 23 May 1844, Page 3
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115EPIGRAM Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 42, 23 May 1844, Page 3
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