James Howell
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James Howell (c.1594 – 1666) was a British author, diplomat and scholar.
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Quotes[edit]
- He that hath once got the fame of an early riser, may sleep till noon.[1]
English Proverbs (1659)[edit]
- Burn not thy fingers to snuff another man's candle.
- A hungry man is an angry man.
- To have gold brings fear; to have none brings grief.
- All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Lexicon Tetraglotton (1660)[edit]
- Owe money at Easter and Lent will seem short to thee.
- Words and works eat not at one table.
- The Devil turns his back to a door that is shut.
- Happy is he that grows wise by other men's harms.
- God consents but not always.
- Neither go to a wedding nor a christening unbid.
- Affection is blind reason.
- To whom thy secret thou dost tell, to him thy freedom thou dost sell.
- There's fence against all things except death.
- He falls in the pit he digs for others.
- Sometimes an ill favored bitch gnaws a good chord.
- The wealth of a churchman God gives it, and the Devil takes it away.
- Appetite is better than surfeit.
Instructions for Forraine Travel(1642, 1650)[edit]
- He will bless God, and love England ever after
( upon a travelling man's return from overseas to England )
External links[edit]
- ↑ Epistolae Ho-Elianae. 1655 Edition. Retrieved on 20 September 2016.