George herbert quotes
Explore a curated collection of George herbert's most famous quotes. Dive into timeless reflections that offer deep insights into life, love, and the human experience through his profound words.
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
Three can hold their peace, if two be away.
Service without reward is punishment.
A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.
Health without money is halfe an ague.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
Good workemen are seldome rich.
The shortest answer is doing.
His bark is worse than his bite.
Fine words dresse ill deedes.
He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will never be handsome, strong, rich or wise.
He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
The offender never pardons.
A hundredload of worry will not pay an ounce of debt.
Show me a liar, and I'll show you a thief.
If gold knew what gold is, gold would get gold I wis.
Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.
Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
Thinke of ease, but worke on.
You must lose a fly to catch a trout.
War makes thieves and peace hangs them.
Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill diet was the mother.
The eyes have one language everywhere.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.
Night is the mother of counsels.
If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.
Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physitian, yet is dead.
Everyone thinks his sack heaviest.
Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.
The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
Persons unmask their evilest qualities when they do quarrel.
Take the gentle path.
When a dog is drowning, everyone offers him a drink.
Good and quickly seldom meet.
Step by step the ladder is ascended.
The table robbes more then a thiefe.
Conversation makes one what he is.
A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
Yeeres know more then bookes.
All things in their beeing are good for something.
Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg'd, make thy accounts agree.
Where your will is ready, your feet are light.
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not till then.
Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and with good digestion all can be turned to health.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
An old cat sports not with her prey.
A crooked log makes a strait fire.
Love is the true price of love.
Things well fitted abide.
He that endures is not overcome.
Love your neighbor, yet pull not down your hedge.
Living well is the best revenge.
The best mirror is an old friend.
A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.
Feare nothing but sinne.
Patience, time and money accommodate all things.
Woe be to him that reads but one book.
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.
God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle, and a Prison.
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
If you walk on snow you cannot hide your footprints.
A coole mouth, and warme feet, live long.
The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.
A handful of good life is better than a bushel of learning.
God provides for him that trusteth.
There is great force hidden in a sweet command.
Storms make oaks take deeper root.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne. [He that hath a head of wax must not walk in the sun.]
The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
One foote is better then two crutches.
The resolved mind hath no cares.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.
Bibles laid open, millions of surprises.
Who gives to all, denies all.
To a crazy ship, all winds are contrary.
Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
Would you know what money is, go borrow some.
Corn is cleaned with wind, and the Soul with chastening
Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.
The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.
When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
Surely if each one saw another's heart, There would be no commerce, No sale or bargain pass: all would disperse And live apart.
Where there is peace, God is.
It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
By all means use sometimes to be alone.
Help thyself, and God will help thee.
Good words are worth much, and cost little.
Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the turne. [Neither praise nor dispraise thyself; thy actions serve the turn.]
A great ship asks deep water.
The tongue talkes at the heads cost.
Better the feet slip then the tongue.
Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing... a grateful heart!
Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.
Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
Every path hath a puddle.
Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another.
None knows the weight of another's burden.
Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
God sees hearts as we see faces.
Every mile is two in winter
An old dog barks not in vain.
Gifts enter every where without a wimble.
Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your enemy.
The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.
There is more talke then trouble.
Many things are lost for want of asking.
