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stretch her purse-strings to support you in extravagancies, if you strain as much to supply her unbounded leehery; but you may be sure she will be your servant no longer than you remain her drudge.

He that is stallion to a whore, is a slave to iniquity, and a champion to another's vices, a coward in a good cause, and a eurse to himself.

Let no woman tempt you by her wit to love her; for she who hath wit enough to tempt you hath enough to deceive you.

Suffer not yourself to be ensnared by a woman over free in her gestures, or conversation; for whosoever is most active in behaviour, behaves herself like a lover of much action, and whosoever is free in much eompany will be freer when but two together. Think not the amorous glances of a woman towards you, gives you title to her affection; for they can look one way when their hearts are another.

Expect no good quality in a woman more than what she shows; for it is a maxim in their politics, to put the best side outwards.

If you love a woman, be careful how you show it; for your nibbling at the bait may too early discover a willingness to be caught

Waste not your strength in the employment of beauty, neither your time nor money in corrupting virtue; but marry a chaste wife of a