A Quote by George Herbert

He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne. — © George Herbert
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.

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He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee hath laid out.
He that hath a trade hath an estate; and he that hath a calling hath a place of profit and honor. A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.
Let us look upon a crucified Christ, the remedy of all our miseries. His cross hath procured a crown, his passion hath expiated our transgression. His death hath disarmed the law, his blood hath washed a believer's soul. This death is the destruction of our enemies, the spring of our happiness, and the eternal testimony of divine love.
He [the householder] is the appointer of his owne circumstance, and his house is his castle.
What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children.
Hee that workes after his owne manner, his head akes not at the matter.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
A man is known by the books he reads, by the company he keeps, by the praise he gives, by his dress, by his tastes, by his distastes, by the stories he tells, by his gait, by the notion of his eye, by the look of his house, of his chamber; for nothing on earth is solitary but every thing hath affinities infinite.
He who hath not a dram of folly in his mixture hath pounds of much worse matter in his composition.
Through affliction hath His light shone and His praise been bright unceasingly: this hath been His method through past ages and bygone times.
Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
Here every man may be master and owner of his owne labour and land...If he have nothing but his hands, he may...by industrie quickly grow rich.
A strong and well-constituted man digests his experiences (deeds and misdeeds all included) just as he digests his meats, even when he has some tough morsels to swallow.
No one should pay attention to a man delivering a lecture or a sermon on his "philosophy of life" until we know exactly how he treats his wife, his children, his neighbors, his friends, his subordinates and his enemies.
Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
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