More from James Howell

  1. He that hath eaten a bear-pie, will always smell of the garden.
  2. Owe money at Easter and Lent will seem short to thee.
  3. Burn not thy fingers to snuff another man's candle.
  4. Words and works eat not at one table.
  5. The Devil turns his back to a door that is shut.
  6. Happy is he that grows wise by other men's harms.
  7. God consents but not always.
  8. Neither go to a wedding nor a christening unbid.

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