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“89. All truths are not to be told.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“77. When a dog is a-drowning every one offers him drink.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“213. Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“574. A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking
Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer.”

The Temple (1633), The Church Porch

“My meaning (dear Mother) is in these sonnets, to declare my resolution to be, that my poor abilities in poetry, shall be all and ever consecrated to God's glory.”

Letter to His Mother (1609)

“Chase brave employment with a naked sword
Throughout the world.”

The Temple (1633), The Church Porch

“By no means run in debt: take thine own measure.
Who cannot live on twenty pound a year,
Cannot on forty.”

The Temple (1633), The Church Porch

“830. He thinkes not well that thinkes not againe.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“15. Light burthens long borne growe heavie.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“737. The best smell is bread, the best savour salt, the best love that of children.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“Teach me, my God and King,
In all things thee to see
And what I do in any thing,
To do it as for thee..”

Source: The Temple (1633), The Elixir, Lines 1-4

“1010. An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“No sooner is a temple built to God, but the Devil builds a chapel hard by.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“971. Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“322. Although the sun shine, leave not thy cloake at home.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“[ Much money makes a countrey poor, for it sets a dearer price on every thing. ]”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“422. He that hath love in his brest hath spurres in his sides.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“759. Give not S. Peter so much, to leave Saint Paul nothing.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“13. The scalded dog feares cold water.”

Jacula Prudentum (1651)