Conversation makes one what he is.
GEORGE HERBERTConversation makes one what he is.
GEORGE HERBERTIt’s not good fishing before the net.
GEORGE HERBERTAstrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
GEORGE HERBERTWe live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.
GEORGE HERBERTI was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
GEORGE HERBERTDally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
GEORGE HERBERTHe that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that will be surety, shall pay.
GEORGE HERBERTWhen it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
GEORGE HERBERTEvery one fastens where there is gaine.
GEORGE HERBERTNo Alchymy to saving.
GEORGE HERBERTAn upbraided morsell never choaked any.
GEORGE HERBERTThe cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
GEORGE HERBERTIt is very hard to shave an egge. [It is very hard to shave an egg.]
GEORGE HERBERTHee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
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