John Heywood Men Quotations

The loss of wealth is loss of dirt, as sages in all times assert; The happy man's without a shirt.

He makes a beggar first that first relieves him; Not us'rers make more beggars where they live Than charitable men that use to give.

The tide tarrieth no man.

Som thingis that prouoke young men to wed in haste,Show after weddyng, that hast maketh waste.

It takes nine tailors to make a man.

The wise man sayth, store is no sore.

It is better to beAn old man's derling than a yong man's werling.

Praie and shifte eche one for him selfe, as he can.Euery man for him selfe, and god for us all.

Feare may force a man to cast beyond the moone.

The greatest Clerkes be not the wisest men.

Who waite for dead men shall goe long barefoote.

And while I at length debate and beate the bush, There shall steppe in other men and catch the burdes.

Men say, kinde will creepe where it may not goe.

Happy man, happy dole.

No man loveth his fetters, be they made of gold.

An ill winde that bloweth no man to good.

A man may well bring a horse to water but he cannot make him drink.

The happy man's without a shirt.

But in deede, A friend is never knowne till a man have neede.

Who waiteth for dead man's shoes will go long barefoot.

No man ought to looke a given horse in the mouth.