More from George Herbert

  1. Love, and a cough, cannot be hid.
  2. Ill ware is never cheap. Pleasing ware is half sold.
  3. When a dog is drowning, everyone offers him drink.
  4. Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
  5. Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.
  6. Love your neighbor, yet pull not down your hedge.
  7. Good words are worth much, and cost little.
  8. Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

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