When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
GEORGE HERBERTThere is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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Who shuts his hand has lost his gold, Who opens it hath it twice told.
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I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
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He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
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The scalded head feares cold water.
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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
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Every one fastens where there is gaine.
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The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
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God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
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Conversation makes one what he is.
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There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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If folly were griefe every house would weepe. [If folly were grief, every house would weep.]
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He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
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