James Howell Quotes

All we can do is be better prepared today than yesterday and better prepared tomorrow than today.
James Howell

Today, Tomorrow, Yesterday

Burn not thy fingers to snuff another man's candle.
James Howell

Another, Candle, Fingers

The creditor hath a better memory than the debtor.
James Howell

Memory, Debtor, Creditor

One hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen.
James Howell

Woman, Hair, Draw

Proverbs may not improperly be called the philosophy of the common people.
James Howell

May, Philosophy, Common

Respect a man, he will do it the more.
James Howell

This life at best is but an inn, And we the passengers.
James Howell

Life, Best, Inn

Who has the fame to be an early riser may sleep till noon.
James Howell

Sleep, May, Fame

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Writer

Born: 1594

Died: 1666

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