May Quotes by George Herbert

We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.

— George Herbert

Mend your clothes and you may hold out this year.

— George Herbert

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

— George Herbert

You may be on land, yet not in a garden.

— George Herbert

A verse may find him, who a sermon flies, And turn delight into a sacrifice.

— George Herbert

Grief melts away Like snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing.

— George Herbert

Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.

— George Herbert

Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.

— George Herbert

Enrich my heart, mouth, hands in me, With faith, with hope, with charity, That I may run, rise, rest with Thee.

— George Herbert

Pursue not a victory too far. He hath conquered well that hath made his enemy fly; thou mayest beat him to a…

— George Herbert

Calmness is great advantage; he that lets Another chafe, may warm him at his fire.

— George Herbert

Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes. [Who hath none to still him, may weep out his eyes.]

— George Herbert

You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and what he pleaseth.

— George Herbert

Avoid,Profaneness; come not here: Nothing but holy, pure, and clear, Or that which groaneth to be so, May at his peril further…

— George Herbert

Give me simplicity, that I may live, So live and like, that I may know Thy ways, Know them and practise them:…

— 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

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

— 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

Man is all symmetry Full of proportions, one limb to another, And all to all the world besides; Each part may call…

— George Herbert

Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.

— George Herbert

A verse may find him whom a sermon flies, And turn delight into a sacrifice...

— George Herbert

He who has the pepper may season as he lists.

— George Herbert

For all may have, If they dare to try, a glorious life, or grave.

— George Herbert

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.

— George Herbert

Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.

— George Herbert

Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.

— George Herbert

Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.

— George Herbert