I.B. George Quotes

Death keeps no calendar.

Some evils are cured by contempt.

The Apothecaries morter spoiles the Luters musick.

The first and last frosts are the worst.

Pursue not a victory too far. He hath conquered well that hath made his enemy fly; thou mayest beat him to a desperate resistance, which may ruin thee.

There would be no great ones, if there were no little ones.

Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.

Punishment is lame, but it comes.

The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.

Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.

He that knows nothing doubts nothing.

A garden must be looked unto and dressed as the body.

In solitude, be a multitude to thyself.

The science of the modern school ... is in effect ... the acquisition of imperfectly analyzed misstatements about entrails, elements, and electricity.

He hath no leisure who useth it not.

The fineness which a hymn or psalm affords If when the soul unto the lines accords.

The chicken is the country's, but the city eats it.

Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.

Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, 'T is angels' music.

Church bells beyond the stars heard, the soul's blood, The land of spices; something understood.

Bees work for man, and yet they never bruise Their Master's flower, but leave it having done, As fair as ever and as fit to use; So both the flower doth stay and honey run.

A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.

Of the smells, bread; of the tastes, salt.

A Dwarfe on a Gyants shoulder sees further of the two. [A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther of the two.

A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.

Destiny is always dark.

Listen, sweet Dove, unto my song, And spread thy golden wings in me; Hatching my tender heart so long, Till it get wing, and flie away with Thee.

He pares his apple that will cleanly feed.

Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.

Hee that goes to bed thirsty riseth healthy.

Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv'n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?

Prosperity lets goe the bridle.

The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.

That from small fires comes oft no small mishap.

Take heede of still waters, the quick passe away.

None is a fool always, everyone sometimes.

Half the world knows not how the other half lies.

Look not for musk in a dog's kennel.

Who goes to bed, and doth not pray, Maketh two nights to every day!

If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains. If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains.

Let thy mind still be bent, still plotting, where, And when, and how thy business may be done. Slackness breeds worms; but the sure traveller, Though he alights sometimes still goeth on.

Man is all symmetry, Full of proportions, one limb to another.

If I have enough for myself and family, I am steward only for myself; if I have more, I am but a steward of that abundance for others.

Quick believers need broad shoulders.

The drunkard forfeits man and doth divest All wordly right, save what he hath by beast.

Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, makes that and the action fine.

To steale the Hog, and give the feet for almes. [To steal the hog, and give the feet to alms.]

An Idle youth, a needy Age.

Every sin brings its punishment with it.