George Herbert ( 10 of 1168 )
For washing his hands, none sels his lands.
For washing his hands, none sels his lands.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.
You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
