Men Quotes by George Herbert · Page 2

Every ill man hath his ill day.

— George Herbert

The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.

— George Herbert

Words are women, deeds are men.

— George Herbert

To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.

— George Herbert

If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.

— George Herbert

Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.

— George Herbert

To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.

— George Herbert

Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.

— George Herbert

Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.

— George Herbert

God's breath in man returning to his birth, The soul in paraphrase, heart in pilgrimage,

— George Herbert

Pension never inriched young man. [Pension never enriched a young man.]

— George Herbert

A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.

— George Herbert

Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.

— George Herbert

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

— George Herbert

Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.

— George Herbert

Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death. [Old men, when they scorn young, make much of death.]

— George Herbert

Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store. [Giving much to the poor doth increase a man's store.]

— George Herbert

The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a…

— George Herbert

I envy no man's nightingale or spring; Nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, Who plainly say, My God, My…

— George Herbert

They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed to rich men that are unthankful to God).

— George Herbert

When God at first made man, Having a glass of blessings standing by, 'Let us,'said he,'pour on him all we can: Let…

— George Herbert

Money, thou bane of bliss, and source of woe, Whence cam'st thou, that thou art so fresh and fine? I know thy…

— George Herbert

Lie not, neither to thyself, nor man, nor God. Let mouth and heart be one; beat and speak together, and make both…

— George Herbert

Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be overturned.

— George Herbert

Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.

— George Herbert

Man is all symmetry, Full of proportions, one limb to another.

— George Herbert

We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh till your hearts ake.

— George Herbert

The corne hides it self in the snow, as an old man in furrs.

— George Herbert

In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand griefes prove.

— George Herbert

There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can hurt.

— George Herbert

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

— George Herbert

There are more men threatned then stricken. [There are more men threatened than stricken.]

— George Herbert

Gaming, women, and wine, while they laugh they make men pine.

— George Herbert

The drunkard forfeits man and doth divest All wordly right, save what he hath by beast.

— George Herbert

He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe into a good way.

— George Herbert

An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.

— George Herbert

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

— George Herbert

Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the people.

— George Herbert

A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.

— George Herbert

There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.

— George Herbert