Wit is brushwood; judgment, timber; the one gives the greatest flame, the other yields the most durable heat; and both meeting make the best fire. — Thomas Overbury Copy Share Image
An Ambitious woman shewes her selfe to bee a troublesome disturber of the world, powerfull to make smale things great, and great monstrous — Thomas Overbury Copy Share Image
The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato. The best part is underground. — Thomas Overbury Copy Share Image
Wit and woman are two frail things, and both the frailer by concurring. — Thomas Overbury Copy Share Image
The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground. — Thomas Overbury Copy Share Image
Good deeds in this life are coals raked up in embers, to make a fire next day — Thomas Overbury Copy Share Image
Wit is brushwood; judgment, timber; the one gives the greatest flame, the other yields the most durable heat; and both meeting make the best… — Thomas Overbury Copy Share Image
