He that is angry at a feast is rude.
GEORGE HERBERTHe that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
More George Herbert Quotes
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A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
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You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
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I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish. [I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
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Good workemen are seldome rich.
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While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot. [To take the nuts from the fire with the dog’s foot.]
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Wee know not who lives or dies.
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Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
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By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.
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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
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Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
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An old dog barks not in vain.
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He that burnes most shines most.
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