A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
GEORGE HERBERTA dead Bee maketh no Hony.
GEORGE HERBERTSumme up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
GEORGE HERBERTWhen thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
GEORGE HERBERTWeening is not measure.
GEORGE HERBERTA feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.
GEORGE HERBERTTrue beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
GEORGE HERBERTReady mony is a ready Medicine.
GEORGE HERBERTDrink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
GEORGE HERBERTBy all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
GEORGE HERBERTReligion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.
GEORGE HERBERTGood and quickly seldom meet.
GEORGE HERBERTHee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
GEORGE HERBERTGamsters and race-horses never last long.
GEORGE HERBERTThey that are booted are not alwaies ready.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
GEORGE HERBERTTo take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
GEORGE HERBERT