George Herbert ( 10 of 1168 )
A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.
A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not
till then.
Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not
till then.
The noise is greater then the nuts.
The noise is greater then the nuts.
Let none say, I will not drinke water.
Let none say, I will not drinke water.
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.
True praise rootes and spreedes.
True praise rootes and spreedes.
The great put the little on the hooke.
The great put the little on the hooke.
The Cow knowes not what her taile is worth, till she have lost
it.
The Cow knowes not what her taile is worth, till she have lost
it.
The Apothecaries morter spoiles the Luters musick.
The Apothecaries morter spoiles the Luters musick.
