George Herbert Quotes

The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
GEORGE HERBERT

Know Shoe Wear Wring
They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
GEORGE HERBERT

Always Boot Ready
The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
GEORGE HERBERT

Atheism Atheist Devil
Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
GEORGE HERBERT

Fortune Great Misfortune
Never was strumpet faire.
GEORGE HERBERT

Create Faire Strumpet
In thy discourse, if thou desire to please; All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie: Usefulness comes by labour, wit byease; Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie.
GEORGE HERBERT

Courtesy Desire News
The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
GEORGE HERBERT

Law Morning Night
Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
GEORGE HERBERT

Bee Gain May Steal
Sundays observe; think when the bells do chime, ‘T is angels’ music.
GEORGE HERBERT

Angel Sunday Think
It is better to have wings then hornes.
GEORGE HERBERT

Betetr Horne Wing
Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
GEORGE HERBERT

Brabling Need
Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
GEORGE HERBERT

Alcohol Drink Glass
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
GEORGE HERBERT

Ill Straw
It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
GEORGE HERBERT

Bow Fish Rule Sure
To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
GEORGE HERBERT

Age Need Treasurer Youth
Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
GEORGE HERBERT

Gentle Heart Love
France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
GEORGE HERBERT

Country Cutting People Thrice
The life of man is a winter way.
GEORGE HERBERT

Men Way Winter
Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee.
GEORGE HERBERT

God Thee Will
Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
GEORGE HERBERT

Come Hen Scrape
Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
GEORGE HERBERT

Everyone Fault Time
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
GEORGE HERBERT

Dry Slander Tempest
The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
GEORGE HERBERT

Bee Honey Sweet
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
GEORGE HERBERT

Another Feet Half Straw
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. [While the discreet advise, the fool doth his busines.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Advise Discreet Fool
To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
GEORGE HERBERT

Fine Ill Littles Wrapt
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
GEORGE HERBERT

Honest Thieves Thunder

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