George Herbert Sayings

Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.

Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]

With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.

With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.

To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.

To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.

There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.

There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.

The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.

The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.

When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.

When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.

You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.

You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.

Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).

Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).

You may be on land, yet not in a garden.

You may be on land, yet not in a garden.