George Herbert

Heresie is the school of pride.

— George Herbert

Who gives to all, denies all.

— George Herbert

An old cat sports not with her prey.

— George Herbert

The wind in ones face makes one wise.

— George Herbert

Beauty drawes more then oxen.

— George Herbert

A house and a woman sute excellently.

— George Herbert

Ty it well, and let it goe.

— George Herbert

Nothing dries sooner then a teare.

— George Herbert

He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.

— George Herbert

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

— George Herbert

In the kingdome of a cheater the wallet is carried before.

— George Herbert

He that makes a good war makes a good peace.

— George Herbert

Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.

— George Herbert

A piece of a Churchyard fits everybody.

— George Herbert

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

— George Herbert

Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.

— George Herbert

When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.

— George Herbert

Surely if each one saw another's heart, There would be no commerce, No sale or bargain pass: all would disperse And live…

— George Herbert

The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait. [The escaped mouse ever feels the taste of the bait.]

— George Herbert

Unsound minds like unsound Bodies, if you feed, you poyson. [Unsound minds, like unsound bodies, if you feed, you poison.]

— George Herbert

To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.

— George Herbert

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

— George Herbert

If the old dog barke he gives counsell. [If the old dog barks, he gives counsel.]

— George Herbert

Hee that falles into the durt, the longer he stayes there, the fowler he is.

— George Herbert

I read, and sigh, and wish I were a tree; For sure then I should grow To fruit or shade: at least…

— George Herbert

No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to bee buried there. [No churchyard is so handsome that a…

— George Herbert

Rise, heart; thy Lord is risen. Sing His praise Without delays, Who takes thee by the hand, that thou likewise With Him…

— George Herbert

Death used to be an executioner, but the resurrection of Christ makes him nothing but a gardener. When he tries to bury…

— George Herbert

Let thy mind still be bent, still plotting, where, And when, and how thy business may be done. Slackness breeds worms; but…

— George Herbert

Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me,…

— George Herbert

Be not too presumptuously sure in any business; for things of this world depend on such a train of unseen chances that…

— George Herbert

Laugh not too much; the witty man laughs least: For wit is news only to ignorance. Lesse at thine own things laugh;…

— George Herbert

“Having been tenant long to a rich Lord, Not thriving, I resolved to be bold, And make a suit unto him, to…

— George Herbert

The plain message physical science has for the world at large is this, that were our political and social and moral devices…

— George Herbert

This missing science of heredity, this unworked mine of knowledge on the borderland of biology and anthropology, which for all practical purposes…

— George Herbert

Lord, with what care hast Thou begirt us round! Parents first season us; then schoolmasters deliver us to laws; they send us…

— George Herbert

“Have I no harvest but a thorn To let me bloud, and not restore What I have lost with cordiall fruit? Sure…

— George Herbert

Prettiness dies first.

— George Herbert

The market is the best garden.

— George Herbert

The faulty stands on his guard.

— George Herbert