George Herbert Quotes

Who says that fictions only and false hairBecome a verse? Is there in truth no beauty?Is all good structure in a winding stair?

God's mill grinds slow but sure.

A hundredload of worry will not pay an ounce of debt.

The chicken is the country's but the city eats it.

Thou who has given so much to me give one thing more: a grateful heart.

A great ship asks deep water.

One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.

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

Man is no star, but a quick coalOf mortal fire:Who blows it not, nor doth controlA faint desire,

That flesh is but the glass, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.

Little pitchers have wide ears.

Night is the mother of counsels.

Be calm in arguing: for fierceness makes Error a fault, and truth discourtesy.

One father is more than 100 schoolmasters.

Praise the sea but keep on land.

One sword keeps another in the sheath.

Drink not the third glass - which thou can'st not tame when once it is within thee.

He that will learn to pray let him to sea.

I will complain, yet praise;I will bewail, approve:And all my sowre-sweet dayesI will lament, and love.

Deceive not thy physician confessor nor lawyer.

Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back,Guiltie of dust and sin.

Skill and confidence are an uncon-quered army.

Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright,The bridal of the earth and sky;The dew shall weep thy fall tonight,For thou must die.

You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

Woe be to him that reads but one book.

Hope is the poor man's bread.

Time is the rider that breaks youth.

The best mirror is an old friend.