He that will be surety, shall pay.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that will be surety, shall pay.
GEORGE HERBERTHe plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
GEORGE HERBERTAn ill deed cannot bring honor.
GEORGE HERBERTWith customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
GEORGE HERBERTSum up at night what thou hast done by day.
GEORGE HERBERTThe cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
GEORGE HERBERTAll our pompe the earth covers.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
GEORGE HERBERTLove without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
GEORGE HERBERTTo seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
GEORGE HERBERTThe way is an ill neighbour.
GEORGE HERBERTIn thy discourse, if thou desire to please; All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie: Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease; Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.
GEORGE HERBERTPrettiness dies first.
GEORGE HERBERTGood is the mora that makes all sure.
GEORGE HERBERTBrabling Curres never want torne eares.
GEORGE HERBERTIt’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
GEORGE HERBERT