George Herbert ( 10 of 1168 )
It is better to have wings then hornes.
It is better to have wings then hornes.
Fly the pleasure that bites to morrow.
Fly the pleasure that bites to morrow.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
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.]
Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.
Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.
He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it.
He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it.
Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.
Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.
All are not merry that dance lightly.
All are not merry that dance lightly.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
