Quotes from George Herbert

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

He that is not handsome at twenty, nor strong at thirty, nor rich at forty, nor wise at fifty, will never be handsome, strong, rich, or wise.

Trust not one night's ice.

God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.

Love your neighbor, yet pull not down your hedge.

He hath no leisure who useth it not.

Nothing wears clothes, but Man; nothing doth needBut he to wear them.

Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.

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

Be thrifty, but not covetous.

Where the drink goes in, there the wit goes out.

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

The eye is bigger than the belly.

Only a sweet and virtuous soul,Like season'd timber, never gives.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

When a dog is drowning, everyone offers him drink.

Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright,The bridal of the earth and sky.

Let him be rich and weary, that at least,If goodness lead him not, yet wearinessMay toss him to my breast.

Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back,Guilty of dust and sin.But quick-ey'd Love, observing me grow slackFrom my first entrance in,Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning,If I lack'd anything.

By no means run in debt: take thine own measure.Who cannot live on twenty pound a year,Cannot on forty.

By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear.

Half the world knows not how the other half lives.

Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another.

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