The wife is the key of the house.
GEORGE HERBERTThe eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
More George Herbert Quotes
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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
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He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
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Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
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Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.
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Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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Where there is peace, God is.
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The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
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Wee know not who lives or dies.
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The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
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The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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Ships feare fire more then water. [Ships fear fire more than water.]
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