All George Herbert Quotes
- Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them. Debt
- War makes thieves and peace hangs them. Hangs
- In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge. Conversation
- Night is the mother of counsels. Counsels
- Sometimes the best gain is to lose. Best
- Storms make the oak grow deeper roots. Challenges
- Life is half spent before we know what it is. Bad Ass
- One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters. Dad
- He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will never be handsome, strong, rich… Age
- Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command,… Action
- Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy. Anger
- Good words are worth much, and cost little. Cheerful
- He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to… Break
- A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit. Better
- A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread. Easy
- Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby. Dare
- The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition. Atheism
- There would be no great men if there were no little ones. Great
- Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer. Confessor
- Punishment is lame, but it comes. Inspirational