George Herbert ( 10 of 1168 )
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.
The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
