To deceive ones selfe is very easie. George Herbert More Quotes by George Herbert More Quotes From George Herbert To the counsel of fools a wooden bell. George Herbert bells fool Fine words dresse ill deedes. George Herbert fine-words fine ill Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores. George Herbert dressings fine house Give a clown your finger, and he will take your hand. George Herbert clown giving hands He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books). George Herbert asks book In every Art it is good to have a master. George Herbert masters art Beate the dog before the Lyon. George Herbert dog A City that parlies is half gotten. George Herbert half cities Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze. George Herbert spectacles Woe to the house where there is no chiding. George Herbert woe house Trust not one night's ice. George Herbert trust ice night Little pitchers have wide eares. George Herbert hearing ears littles Hee that is a master must serve (another). George Herbert masters Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune. George Herbert misfortunes fortune Patience, time and money accommodate all things. George Herbert time-and-money money all-things Service without reward is punishment. George Herbert punishment rewards A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe. George Herbert war The Catt sees not the mouse ever. George Herbert mice Death keeps no calendar. George Herbert calendars A crooked log makes a strait fire. George Herbert crooked fire