Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
GEORGE HERBERTWho praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
GEORGE HERBERTPrettiness dies first.
GEORGE HERBERTHee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that chastens one, chastens 20.
GEORGE HERBERTIn the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome. [In the world, who knows not to swim goes to the bottom.]
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 HERBERTReady mony is a ready Medicine.
GEORGE HERBERTAll our pompe the earth covers.
GEORGE HERBERTShall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv’n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
GEORGE HERBERTTo have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
GEORGE HERBERTWhen thou dost tell another’s jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.
GEORGE HERBERTLove makes all hard hearts gentle.
GEORGE HERBERTThe wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
GEORGE HERBERTPraise the Sea, but keepe on land.
GEORGE HERBERT