Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
GEORGE HERBERTWho eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king’s goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]
GEORGE HERBERTThe honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
GEORGE HERBERTDeceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
GEORGE HERBERTThere is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
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 HERBERTIn a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
GEORGE HERBERTThe best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
GEORGE HERBERTA penny spar’d is twice got.
GEORGE HERBERTDally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
GEORGE HERBERTSink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
GEORGE HERBERTHe plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]
GEORGE HERBERTHe that is angry at a feast is rude.
GEORGE HERBERTReligion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
GEORGE HERBERTHee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
GEORGE HERBERTDrink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
GEORGE HERBERTA dead Bee maketh no Hony.
GEORGE HERBERT