312 quotes
Woe be to him that reads but one book.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
When war begins then hell openeth.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
Hope is the poor man's bread.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
Ill ware is never cheape.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
I made a posy while the day ran by;
Here will I smell my remnant out, and tie
My life within this band.
But time did beckon to the flowers, and they
By noon most cunningly did steal away,
* And wither'd in my hand.
Pleasing ware is halfe sould.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
Fine words dresse ill deedes.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
One stroke fells not an oke.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
The hole calls the thiefe.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
Trust not one night's ice.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
He that blames would buy.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
837. Words are women, deedes are men.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
942. Every mile is two in winter.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
557. The offender never pardons.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
Exalted Manna, gladness of the best,
Heaven in ordinary, man well dressed,
The milky way, the bird of Paradise,
Church bells beyond the stars heard, the soul's blood,
The land of spices something understood.
Judge not the preacher; for he is thy judge:
If thou mislike him, thou conceiv'st him not.
God calleth preaching folly. Do not grudge
To pick out treasures from an earthen pot.
The worst speak something good. If all want sense,
God takes a text, and preaches patience.
The Temple (1633)
1011. The eye is bigger then the belly.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
520. Living well is the best revenge.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
720. Be what thou wouldst seem to be.
Jacula Prudentum (1651)