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He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.

George Herbert

In 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 HERBERT

Courtesy Desire News
Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
GEORGE HERBERT

God Thee Will
Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.
GEORGE HERBERT

Salt Smell Taste
None knows the weight of another’s burden.
GEORGE HERBERT

Burden Know Understand Weight
To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
GEORGE HERBERT

Age Need Treasurer Youth
Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.
GEORGE HERBERT

Country Hath People
Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
GEORGE HERBERT

Drink Frog Gossip Talk
A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
GEORGE HERBERT

Compromise Fat Lawsuit
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
GEORGE HERBERT

Long Rope Wait
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Men Miserable Pennies
Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.
GEORGE HERBERT

Built House Lawyer
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
GEORGE HERBERT

Enough Soon Wells
No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
GEORGE HERBERT

Honour Profit Religion
I envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
GEORGE HERBERT

King Loss Spring
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
GEORGE HERBERT

Bread Estate Two Wallet
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
GEORGE HERBERT

Horse Long Race

He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.

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