George Herbert ( 10 of 1168 )
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Whose house is of glasse, must not throw stones at another.
[Whose house is of glass, must not throw read more
Whose house is of glasse, must not throw stones at another.
[Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another.]
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).
Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.
Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.
Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.
All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.
The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the
deede, the French after the deede.
The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the
deede, the French after the deede.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
