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George Herbert

260 quotes

• “A poore beauty finds more lovers than husbands.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Weigh justly and sell dearely.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Little wealth, little care.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “Gluttony kills more then the sword.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “502. A penny spar'd is twice got.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “508. He that tells a secret is another's servant.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “511. Pension never inriched young man.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “519. One enemy is too much.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “520. Living well is the best revenge.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “523. A fool may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men cannot pull out.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “533. Help thyselfe, and God will helpe thee.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “534. At the game's end we shall see who gaines.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “557. The offender never pardons.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “562. When the tree is fallen all goe with their hatchet.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “574. A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “577. Folly growes without watering.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “583. Thursday come and the week's gone.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “601. The fatt man knoweth not what the leane thinketh.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “611. Time is the rider that breakes youth.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “619. You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and what he pleaseth.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “620. Before you make a friend eate a bushell of salt with him.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “621. Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “639. Emptie vessels sound most.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “648. Show me a lyer, and I'l shew thee a theefe.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “649. A beane in liberty is better than a comfit in prison.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “676. A little wind kindles, much puts out the fire.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “677. Dry bread at home is better than rost meate abroad.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “678. More have repented speech then silence.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “682. One father is more than a hundred schoole-masters.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “684. When God will punish, He will first take away the understanding.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “707. Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “710. Three can hold their peace if two be away.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “714. Comparisons are odious.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “719. One sword keepes another in the sheath.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “720. Be what thou wouldst seem to be.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “737. The best smell is bread, the best savour salt, the best love that of children.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “743. God's mill grinds slow but sure.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “744. Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “753. By doing nothing we learne to do ill.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “756. Every sin brings its punishment with it.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “759. Give not S. Peter so much, to leave Saint Paul nothing.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “763. Better speake truth rudely then lye covertly.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “766. Better suffer ill than doe ill.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “775. A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “778. He that doth what he should not shall feele what he would not.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “779. He that marries for wealth sells his liberty.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “782. He that lends gives.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “815. In a long journey straw waighs.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

• “816. Women laugh when they can and weepe when they will.”

  George Herbert (1593–1633) said by 1633 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

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