508. He that tells a secret is another's servant.

George Herbert
Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest (1593-1633)
150 pieces
- Lived
- 1593–1633
- Born
- Montgomery
- Died
- Bemerton
- Nationality
- Kingdom of England, Wales
- Known as
- writer, priest, poet, politician
- Era
- Renaissance
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Works (150)
502. A penny spar'd is twice got.
Gluttony kills more then the sword.
Little wealth, little care.
Weigh justly and sell dearely.
For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.
A poore beauty finds more lovers than husbands.
Fine words dresse ill deedes.
Hope is the poor man's bread.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
In the kingdome of blind men the one-ey'd is king.
The resolved minde hath no cares.
Trust not one night's ice.
A great ship askes deepe waters.
Fly the pleasure that bites to-morrow.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat ; and hee that hath one sonne makes him a foole.
He that hath love in his brest hath spurres in his sides.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
He that once deceives is ever suspected.
He that seekes trouble never misses.
He that blames would buy.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father.
To a crazy ship all windes are contrary.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.