James Howell
James Howell
James Howellwas a 17th-century Anglo-Welsh historian and writer who is in many ways a representative figure of his age. The son of a Welsh clergyman, he was for much of his life in the shadow of his elder brother Thomas Howell, who became Lord Bishop of Bristol...
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friendship true-friend enemy
He can hardly be a true friend to another, who is an enemy to himself.
home paint used
Apelles used to paint a good housewife on a snail, to import that she home-keeping.
bees world calves
Goose [pen] bee [wax] and calf [parchment] govern the world. [Lat., Anser, apie, vitellus, populus et regna gubernant.]
giving teeth cracks
The fangs of a bear, and the tusks of a wild boar, do not bite worse and make deeper gashes than a goose-quill sometimes; no, not even the badger himself, who is said to be so tenacious of his bite that he will not give over his hold till he feels his teeth meet and the bones crack.
two secret littles
A secret is too little for one, enough for two, and too much for three.
easter chocolate-eggs gone
Easter, so longed for, is gone in a day.
distance sometimes absence
Distance sometimes endears friendship, and absence sweeteneth it.
wine men blood
French wines may be said but to pickle meat in the stomach, but this is the wine that digests, and doth not only breed good blood, but it nutrifieth also, being a glutinous substantial liquor; of this wine, if of any other, may be verified that merry induction: That good wine makes good blood, good blood causeth good humors, good humors cause good thoughts, good thoughts bring forth good works, good works carry a man to heaven, ergo, good wine carrieth a man to heaven.
respect men
Respect a man, he will do the more.
memories business debtors
The creditor hath a better memory than the debtor.
teacher teaching
We learn by teaching.
definitely greater human increase means rapid risk seeing west
We're definitely seeing a rapid increase in West Nile activity, which means a greater risk for human infection.
men snuff fingers
Burn not thy fingers to snuff another man's candle.
men understanding candle
Man's best candle is his understanding.