George Herbert ( 10 of 1168 )
In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.
In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.
He that thinks amiss, concludes worse.
He that thinks amiss, concludes worse.
A childs service is little, yet hee is no little foole that
despiseth it.
A childs service is little, yet hee is no little foole that
despiseth it.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
It's absurd to warme one in his armour.
It's absurd to warme one in his armour.
He that measures not himselfe, is measured.
He that measures not himselfe, is measured.
There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could
he find it.
There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could
he find it.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
