George Herbert ( 10 of 1168 )
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
An old wise mans shaddow is better then a young buzzards sword.
An old wise mans shaddow is better then a young buzzards sword.
In every country dogges bite.
In every country dogges bite.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where read more
A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where they say the Catholick Religion is
professed with greatest strictness).
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.
If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
A stone in a well is not lost.
A stone in a well is not lost.
