The wife is the key of the house.
GEORGE HERBERTHee that comes of a hen must scrape.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv’n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
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It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
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He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it were not begun on particular ends, it would last).
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The way is an ill neighbour.
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When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
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He that burnes most shines most.
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Trust not one night’s ice.
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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.
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Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
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Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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The scalded head feares cold water.
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