As it fell upon a day in the merry month of May, sitting in a pleasant shade which a grove of myrtles made.

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He that is thy friend indeed, he will help thee in thy need: if thou sorrow, he will weep; if you wake, he cannot sleep; thus of every grief in heart he with thee doth bear a part.

175

Nothing more certain than uncertainties; / Fortune is full of fresh variety: / Constant in nothing but inconstancy.

159

As it fell upon a day, / In the merry month of May.

144

Money is the sovereign queen of all delights - for her, the lawyer pleads, the soldier fights.

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