Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
GEORGE HERBERTHee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
GEORGE HERBERTWhere there is peace, God is.
GEORGE HERBERTBetter speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
GEORGE HERBERTTo a good spender God is the Treasurer.
GEORGE HERBERTHe is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).
GEORGE HERBERTThe cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.
GEORGE HERBERTBy all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
GEORGE HERBERTTo seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
GEORGE HERBERTPrettiness dies first.
GEORGE HERBERTThe Divell never assailes a man, except he find him either void of knowledge, or of the fear of God.
GEORGE HERBERTThe scalded head feares cold water.
GEORGE HERBERTGreat Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
GEORGE HERBERTLove makes all hard hearts gentle.
GEORGE HERBERTTrue beauty lives on high. Ours is but a flame borrowed thence.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
GEORGE HERBERT