"We should wish for few things with eagerness, if we perfectly knew the nature of that which was the object of our desire."

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If any friend desire thee to be his surety, give him a part of what thou hast to spare; if he press thee further, he is not thy friend at all, for friendship rather chooseth harm to itself than offereth it. If thou be bound for a stranger, thou art a fool; if for a merchant, thou puttest thy estate to learn to swim.

— Walter Raleigh