Quotes from George Herbert

A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.

A pittifull mother makes a scald head.

Music helps not the toothache.

Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.

Where there is peace, God is.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

Three can hold their peace, if two be away.

Cloath thee in war, arme thee in peace.

A disarmed peace is weake.

One sword keeps another in the sheath.

How wide is all this long pretense! There is in love a sweetness ready penned, Copy out only that, and save expense.

Help thyself, and God will help thee.

God sees hearts as we see faces.

To a good spender God is the Treasurer.

Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path.

God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle, and a Prison.

When God will, no winde but brings raine.

God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.

God's mill grinds slow, but sure.

He that sowes trusts in God.

God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.

God oft hath a great share in a little house.

The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.

The world is now adayes, God save the Conquerour.