George Herbert ( 10 of 1168 )
Great businesses turne on a little pinne.
Great businesses turne on a little pinne.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every read more
I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every day explains why.]
Every ill man hath his ill day.
Every ill man hath his ill day.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers.
He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers.