Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
GEORGE HERBERTLittle pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
GEORGE HERBERTHe that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
GEORGE HERBERTNo Alchymy to saving.
GEORGE HERBERTIt’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
GEORGE HERBERTBetter never begin than never make an end.
GEORGE HERBERTMan is one world, and hath / Another to attend him.
GEORGE HERBERTBetter suffer ill, then doe ill. [Better suffer ill, than do ill.]
GEORGE HERBERTThe reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
GEORGE HERBERTMany, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
GEORGE HERBERTHee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
GEORGE HERBERTSumme up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
GEORGE HERBERTGood is the mora that makes all sure.
GEORGE HERBERTTo gaine teacheth how to spend. [To gain teacheth how to spend.]
GEORGE HERBERTWith customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
GEORGE HERBERTI envy no man’s nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My King.
GEORGE HERBERTWhere you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
GEORGE HERBERT