James Howell quotes

Burn not thy fingers to snuff another man's candle. (James Howell)
Who has the fame to be an early riser may sleep till noon. View quote
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The creditor hath a better memory than the debtor. View quote
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Respect a man, he will do the more. View quote
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Proverbs may not improperly be called the philosophy of the common people. View quote
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Words and works eat not at one table. View quote
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One hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen. View quote
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This life at best is but an inn, and we the passengers. View quote
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All we can do is be better prepared today than yesterday and better prepared tomorrow than today. View quote
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Neither go to a wedding nor a christening unbid. View quote
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He falls in the pit he digs for others. (James Howell)
He will bless God, and love England ever after. View quote
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He that hath eaten a bear-pie, will always smell of the garden. View quote
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The wealth of a churchman God gives it, and the Devil takes it away. View quote
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Owe money at Easter and Lent will seem short to thee. View quote
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There's fence against all things except death. View quote
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To have gold brings fear; to have none brings grief. View quote
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A hungry man is an angry man. View quote
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The Devil turns his back to a door that is shut. View quote
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Appetite is better than surfeit. View quote
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Affection is blind reason. (James Howell)
To whom thy secret thou dost tell, to him thy freedom thou dost sell. View quote
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God consents but not always. View quote
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Happy is he that grows wise by other men's harms. View quote
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Sometimes an ill favored bitch gnaws a good chord. View quote
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