Quote #8
God consents but not always.
More from James Howell
- Happy is he that grows wise by other men's harms.
- Neither go to a wedding nor a christening unbid.
- The Devil turns his back to a door that is shut.
- Affection is blind reason.
- Words and works eat not at one table.
- To whom thy secret thou dost tell, to him thy freedom thou dost sell.
- Owe money at Easter and Lent will seem short to thee.
- There's fence against all things except death.