James Howell

The creditor hath a better memory than the debtor.

— James Howell

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

— James Howell

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

— James Howell

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

— James Howell

To have gold brings fear; to have none brings grief.

— James Howell

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

— James Howell

Words and works eat not at one table.

— James Howell

The Devil turns his back to a door that is shut.

— James Howell

Happy is he that grows wise by other men's harms.

— James Howell

God consents but not always.

— James Howell

Neither go to a wedding nor a christening unbid.

— James Howell

Affection is blind reason.

— James Howell

To whom thy secret thou dost tell, to him thy freedom thou dost sell.

— James Howell

There's fence against all things except death.

— James Howell

He falls in the pit he digs for others.

— James Howell

Sometimes an ill favored bitch gnaws a good chord.

— James Howell

The wealth of a churchman God gives it, and the Devil takes it away.

— James Howell

Appetite is better than surfeit.

— James Howell

He will bless God, and love England ever after

— James Howell