Quotes By George Herbert

It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.

The eyes have one language everywhere.

One sword keeps another in the sheath.

One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father.

There would be no great men if there were no little ones.

Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path.

The resolved mind hath no cares.

Night is the mother of counsels.

There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it.

You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

Love and a cough cannot be hid.

Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.

The shortest answer is doing.

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.

Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.

He hath no leisure who useth it not.

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

Never was a miser a brave soul.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.

The offender never pardons.

Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.

Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

Good words are worth much, and cost little.