He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
GEORGE HERBERTThe Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]
GEORGE HERBERTWhere you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
GEORGE HERBERTThe best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.
GEORGE HERBERTA dead Bee maketh no Hony.
GEORGE HERBERTAn upbraided morsell never choaked any.
GEORGE HERBERTDeceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
GEORGE HERBERTTrue beauty dwells on high: ours is a flame But borrowed thence to light us thither. Beauty and beauteous words should go together.
GEORGE HERBERTThere is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
GEORGE HERBERTHeresie is the school of pride.
GEORGE HERBERTThe Mr. absent, and the house dead.
GEORGE HERBERTSkill and confidence are an unconquered army.
GEORGE HERBERTBetter never begin than never make an end.
GEORGE HERBERTA poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
GEORGE HERBERTReligion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
GEORGE HERBERT