How vainly men themselves amaze, / To win the palm, the…

Better the fragrant herb of wit and a little cream of affability than all the pretty cups in the world.

— Van Wyck Brooks

Be Thou praised, my Lord, of our Sister Mother Earth, which sustains and hath us in rule, and produces divers fruits with coloured flowers…

— Francis of Assisi

“Virtue? A fig! 'Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners.…

— William Shakespeare

A man may esteem himself happy when that which is his food is also his medicine.

— Henry David Thoreau

“As a skillful physician, from a variety of herbs and plants, some of which are in their own nature poisonous, by a judicious mixture…

— Augustus M. Toplady

“I am more of an herb guy than a spice guy. It comes back to a certain conservatism I have regarding food. The French…

— Karen Page

The more you accept herb, the more you accept Rastafari.

— Bob Marley

I love a massage. I'd go every day if I could.

— Jason Bateman

I wanna live like Arnold, Willis and Mr. Drummond... And keep my paper sturdy, big birds and tight herbs.

— Pimp C

I use a lot of fresh citrus, garlic, and fresh herbs when cooking to cut down on fat and sodium but punch up flavor.…

— Cat Cora

“We burnt the salt and the herbs (in America it is correct to drop the h in herbs---it does sound odd.)”

— Dodie Smith I Capture the Castle

She sits in her usual ample armchair, with piles of books and unopened magazines around her. She sips cautiously from the mug of weak…

— Alice Munro

What is paradise, but, a garden, an orchard of trees and herbs, full of pleasure and nothing there but delights.

— William Lawson

The Herbs ought to be distilled when they are in their greatest vigor, and so ought the Flowers also.

— Nicholas Culpeper

Why these people who want to do so much good for everyone, who call themselves government and this and that, why them say you…

— Bob Marley