black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.

George Herbert

There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly. [There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Folly Jollity Smack
Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg’d, make thy accounts agree.
GEORGE HERBERT

Morning Night Soul
The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
GEORGE HERBERT

Absent Dead House
To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
GEORGE HERBERT

Age Need Treasurer Youth
There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.
GEORGE HERBERT

Affection Brain Heat
To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
GEORGE HERBERT

Fishing Jew Pot Wine
Praise the Sea, but keepe on land.
GEORGE HERBERT

Land Ocean Sea
It’s a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
GEORGE HERBERT

Bed Dangerous Fire
The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
GEORGE HERBERT

Bees Know Spy
He that gains well and spends well needs no count book.
GEORGE HERBERT

Book Gains Need
No Alchymy to saving.
GEORGE HERBERT

Alchymy People Save
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
GEORGE HERBERT

Little Own Patient
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Men Miserable Pennies
Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
GEORGE HERBERT

Fortune Great Misfortune
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.
GEORGE HERBERT

Gratitude Thankful Thanksgiving
A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
GEORGE HERBERT

Compromise Fat Lawsuit

He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More George Herbert Quotes