George Herbert ( 10 of 1168 )
Praise none too much, for all are fickle.
Praise none too much, for all are fickle.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing
else in this world.
Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing
else in this world.
God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle,
and a Prison.
God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle,
and a Prison.
A trade is better then service.
A trade is better then service.
Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.
Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.
Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
Thursday come, and the week's gone.
Thursday come, and the week's gone.
A gift much expected is paid, not given.
A gift much expected is paid, not given.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
