George Herbert Quotes

Love and a cough cannot be hid.

Health without money is halfe an ague.

To a good spender God is the Treasurer.

The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.

Better the feet slip then the tongue.

Short boughs, long vintage.

Love your neighbor, yet pull not down your hedge.

Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.

A good Judge conceives quickly, judges slowly.

Better a barefoot than none.

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.

Old Camels carry young Camels skins to the Market.

By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.

The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more then one wood.

He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.

A crooked log makes a strait fire.

Wealth is the Conjurer's Devil, Whom, when he thinks he hath, the Devil hath him.

None knows the weight of another's burden.

Night is the mother of counsels.

A coole mouth, and warme feet, live long.

It's good walking with a horse in ones hand.

Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and with good digestion all can be turned to health.

The intelligence of the lower forms of animal life, like a great deal of human intelligence, does not involve a self.

Prettiness dies first.

Show me a liar, and I'll show you a thief.

If you walk on snow you cannot hide your footprints.

Take the gentle path.

Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, a box where sweets compacted lie.

An ill agreement is better then a good judgement. [An ill agreement is better than a good judgment.]

Shew me a lyer, and I'le shew thee a theefe.

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

Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy). [Wine is a turncoat, first a friend, then an enemy.]

A hundredload of worry will not pay an ounce of debt.

Woe to the house where there is no chiding.

I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why. [I wept when I was born and every day explains why.]

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

Hee that workes after his owne manner, his head akes not at the matter.

The offender never pardons.

An old dog barks not in vain.

February makes a bridge and March breakes it. [February makes a bridge, and March breaks it.]

A woman and a glasse are ever in danger. [A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]

His bark is worse than his bite.

Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.

A handful of good life is better than a bushel of learning.

Hope is the poor man's bread.

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

Woe be to him that reads but one book.

Gifts enter every where without a wimble.

A dwarf on a giant's shoulder, sees further of the two.

Thursday come, and the week's gone.