Quotes by Thomas Tusser

“What a greater crime. Than loss of time.”

“At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year.”

“Sweet April showers do spring May flowers.”

“A fool and his money are soon parted.”

“Seek home for rest, for home is best.”

“Who goeth a borrowing Goeth a sorrowing.”

“Look ere thou leap see ere thou go.”

“Dry August and warm Doth harvest no harm.”

“Sweet April showers Do bring May flowers.”

“Look ere thou leap see ere thou go.”

“Dry August and warm Doth harvest no harm.”

“Yet true it is, as cow chews cud And trees at spring do yield forth bud,Except wind stands as never it stood,It is an ill wind turns none to good.”

“Dry sun, dry wind;Safe bind, safe find.”

“Hast thou a Friend, as heart may wish at will?Then use him so, to have his friendship still.Would'st have a Friend, would'st know what friend is best?Have God thy friend who passeth all the rest.”

“To death we must stoop, be we high, be we low,But how and how suddenly few be that know -,What carry we then but a sheet to the grave,To cover this carcass, of all that we have?”

“God sendeth and giveth both mouth and the meat.”

“Such mistress, such Nan,Such master, such man.”

“Who goeth a borrowingGoeth a sorrowing.”

“'Tis merry in hallWhere beards wag all.”

“Naught venture naught have.”