George Herbert ( 10 of 1168 )
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.
Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.
There are three waies, the Vniversities, the Sea, the Court.
There are three waies, the Vniversities, the Sea, the Court.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.
Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet.
Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet.
To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
