Quotes by James Howell

“It's no use crying over spilt milkWhats done, is done.”

“Could any State on Earth Immortall be,Venice by Her rare Goverment is She;Venice Great Neptunes Minion, still a Mayd,Though by the warrlikst Potentats assayed;Yet She retaines Her Virgin-waters pur...”

“One hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen.”

“The creditor hath a better memory than the debtor.”

“He that hath the name to be an early riser may sleep till noon.”

“After rain comes fair weather.”

“An acre of performance is worth the whole world of promise.”

“God comes at last when we think he is farthest off.”

“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”

“It's no use crying over spilt milkWhat’s done, is done.”

“Some hold translations not unlike to be The wrong side of a Turkey tapestry.”

“Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates are secretaries of Nature.”

“He that hath once got the fame of an early riser, may sleep till noon.”

“Burn not thy fingers to snuff another man's candle.”

“He that hath eaten a bear-pie, will always smell of the garden.”

“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. Cf. The Shining (1980 film)”

“Owe money at Easter and Lent will seem short to thee.”

“Words and works eat not at one table.”