More from George Herbert

  1. Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot.
  2. When you are an anvil, hold you still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.
  3. Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another.
  4. He that lies with dogs, riseth with fleas.
  5. Where the drink goes in, there the wit goes out.
  6. He that is not handsome at twenty, nor strong at thirty, nor rich at forty, nor wise at fifty, will never be handsome, strong, rich, or wis…
  7. Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
  8. The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one.

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