George Herbert ( 10 of 1168 )
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by read more
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.]
One flower makes no garland.
One flower makes no garland.
Let all live as they would die.
Let all live as they would die.
A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
Set good against evill.
[Set good against evil.]
Set good against evill.
[Set good against evil.]
All griefes with bread are lesse.
All griefes with bread are lesse.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
