Wells Quotes by George Herbert

Do well and right and let the world sink.

— George Herbert

A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.

— George Herbert

Ty it well, and let it goe.

— George Herbert

If you must flie, flie well.

— George Herbert

A full belly neither fights nor flies well.

— George Herbert

Shee spins well that breedes her children.

— George Herbert

He that serves well needes not ask his wages.

— George Herbert

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.

— George Herbert

He plaies well that winnes. [He plays well that wins.]

— George Herbert

Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.

— George Herbert

A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken to is silent.

— George Herbert

States have their conversions and periods as well as naturall bodies.

— George Herbert

A morning sunne, and a wine-bred child, and a latin-bred woman, seldome end well.

— George Herbert

He carries well, to whom it waighes not. [He carries well, to whomit weighs not.]

— George Herbert

He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.

— George Herbert

Exalted Manna, gladness of the best, Heaven in ordinary, man well drest,

— 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

He that would be well, needs not goe from his owne house. [He that would be well needs not go from his…

— George Herbert

He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after. [He that lives not well one year sorrows seven years after.]

— George Herbert

Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome. [Though a lie be well dressed, it is ever overcome.]

— 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

We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.

— George Herbert

He thinkes not well, that thinkes not againe.

— George Herbert

Things well fitted abide.

— George Herbert

With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.

— George Herbert

He that lives well sees a farre off.

— George Herbert

Hee that lives well is learned enough.

— George Herbert

Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.

— George Herbert

It costs more to doe ill then to doe well. [It costs more to do ill than to do well.]

— George Herbert

He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.

— George Herbert

All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.

— George Herbert

If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains. If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains.

— George Herbert

He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.

— George Herbert