Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
GEORGE HERBERTWater, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. [Water, fire, and soldiers quickly make room.]
GEORGE HERBERTWhen a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
GEORGE HERBERTThe Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
GEORGE HERBERTMusic helps not the toothache.
GEORGE HERBERTDeceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
GEORGE HERBERTBetter speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
GEORGE HERBERTIt’s not good fishing before the net.
GEORGE HERBERTOf a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. [Of a pig’s tail you can never make a good shaft.]
GEORGE HERBERTHee that comes of a hen must scrape.
GEORGE HERBERTOf the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
GEORGE HERBERTThere is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
GEORGE HERBERTGood and quickly seldom meet.
GEORGE HERBERTThe best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
GEORGE HERBERTThe dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
GEORGE HERBERTThe life of spies is to know, not bee known.
GEORGE HERBERTHee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
GEORGE HERBERT