"The best mirror is an old friend."
"Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him."
7 likes
Source: Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert. Book compiled by George Herbert et al., 1651.
About the author
Same author
More quotes by George Herbert
"A great dowry is a bed full of brables. [A great dowry is a bed full of brambles.]"
"Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night."
"The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings."
"You cannot make a windmill go with a pair of bellows."
"A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters."