George Herbert Dog Quotations

An old dog barks not in vain.

A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.

Dogs are fine in the field.

Look not for musk in a dog's kennel.

Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.

Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man.

To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]

The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale. [The dog that licks ashes trust not with meal.]

The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.

Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.

In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.

If the old dog barke he gives counsell. [If the old dog barks, he gives counsel.]

Beate the dog before the Lyon.

When a dog is drowning, everyone offers him a drink.

He that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.