George Herbert Quotes

Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.

George Herbert

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

George Herbert

Night is the mother of counsels.

George Herbert

Sometimes the best gain is to lose.

George Herbert

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

George Herbert

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 be forgiven.

George Herbert

Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.

George Herbert

There would be no great men if there were no little ones.

George Herbert

In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.

George Herbert

Life is half spent before we know what it is.

George Herbert

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

George Herbert

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, and better tools will be found as you go along.

George Herbert

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

George Herbert

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 or wise.

George Herbert

None knows the weight of another's burden.

George Herbert

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

George Herbert

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

George Herbert