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...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
men snuff fingers
Burn not thy fingers to snuff another man's candle.
religious thinking lasts
God comes at last when we think he is farthest off.
aviation
Fly and you will catch the swallow.
inns this-life hotel
This life at best is but an inn, and we the passengers.
wine men blood
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.
real real-friends enemy
God guard me from my friends, for I shall guard myself from my enemies.
real real-friends love-is
Love is the life of friendship.
loss weight-loss physicians
Feed sparingly and defy the physician.
political soul ambassadors
Words are the soul's ambassadors, who go / Abroad upon her errands to and fro.
art sculpture shapes
Such is the strength of art, rough things to shape.
sin ifs saved
We are saved from nothing if we are not saved from sin.
littles pioneers sin
Little sins are pioneers of hell.
money purses want
He that hath money in his purse cannot want a head for his shoulders.
adversity twenties prosperity
In time of prosperity friends will be plenty; In time of adversity not one in twenty.