Thomas Tusser
Thomas Tusser
Thomas Tusserwas an English poet and farmer, best known for his instructional poem Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry, an expanded version of his original title, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, first published in 1557...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
law fear-god magistrates
Fear God, and offend not the Prince nor his laws, and keep thyself out of the magistrate's claws.
wind ill turns
Except wind stands as it never stood It is an ill wind turns none to good.
cow except forth ill none spring stands trees true turns wind yield
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.
fools-and-foolishness money
A fool and his money are soon parted.