George Herbert Quotes

The longest Day hath an Eueninge.

A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.

A blustering night, a faire day. [A blustering night, a fair day.]

A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.

A child correct behind and not before.

A curst Cow hath short hornes. [A curst cow has short horns.]

A dead Bee maketh no Hony.

A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid. [A diligent scholar, and the master's paid.]

A disarmed peace is weake.

A drunkards purse is a bottle.

A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.

A faire death honours the whole life.

A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.

A full belly neither fights nor flies well.

A good pay-master starts not at assurances.

A good prayer is master of anothers purse.

A hatt is not made for one shower.

A holy habit clenseth not a foule soule.

A horse stumbles that hath foure legges. [A horse stumbles that has four legs.]

A house and a woman sute excellently.

A jade eates as much as a good horse.

A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.

A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you, if you will be served neately.

A little and good fills the trencher.

A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.

A little labour, much health.

A long tongue is a signe of a short hand. [A long tongue is a sign of a short hand.]

A Lyons skin is never cheape.

A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.

He that burnes most shines most.

He that chastens one, chastens 20.

He that contemplates hath a day without night.

He that deales in the world needes foure seeves.

He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe into a good way.

He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not. [He that doth what he should not shall feel what he would not.]

He that feares death lives not.

He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.

He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.

He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]

He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his head.

He that hath lands hath quarrells.

He that hath little is the lesse durtie.

Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.

Love makes one fitt for any work.

Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.

Many friends in generall, one in speciall.

Marry a widdow before she leave mourning.

Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.

Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.

Love makes a good eye squint.