Make not your sail too big for the ballast.
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Pluck not a courtesy in the bud.
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A leap year is never a good sheep year.
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Gray hairs are death's early blossoms.
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An inch of gold will not buy an inch of time.
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A picture is worth a thousand words, and yet picture books are for infants.
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