James Howell



James Howell (c.1594 – 1666) was a Welsh author, diplomat and scholar.

Quotes

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

English Proverbs (1659)

 * 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.

Lexicon Tetraglotton (1660)

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


 * Words and works eat not at one table.


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


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


 * God consents but not always.


 * Neither go to a wedding nor a christening unbid.


 * Affection is blind reason.


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


 * There's fence against all things except death.


 * He falls in the pit he digs for others.


 * Sometimes an ill favored bitch gnaws a good chord.


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


 * Appetite is better than surfeit.

Instructions for Forraine Travel(1642, 1650)
( upon a travelling man's return from overseas to England )
 * He will bless God, and love England ever after