George Herbert ( 10 of 1168 )
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
The wife is the key of the house.
The wife is the key of the house.
The morning Sunne never lasts a day.
The morning Sunne never lasts a day.
The Fox knowes much, but more he that catcheth him.
The Fox knowes much, but more he that catcheth him.