A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
GEORGE HERBERTTo have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Good is the mora that makes all sure.
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Being on sea saile, being on land settle. [Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.]
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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.]
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He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
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He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
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Music helps not the toothache.
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Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
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The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
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To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
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The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
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An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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True beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
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Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
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Where there is peace, God is.
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