Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.
- George Herbert
Prayer, Night, Should, Faith
A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
- George Herbert
Legal, Better, Lean, Lawsuit
One sword keeps another in the sheath.
- George Herbert
Another, Keeps, Sword
He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.
- George Herbert
Forgiveness, Over, Which, Bridge
Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.
- George Herbert
Love, Friendship, Read, Savor
Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
- George Herbert
Glass, Which, Canst, Thou
In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.
- George Herbert
Humor, More, Wit, Conversation
The offender never pardons.
- George Herbert
Never, Offender
Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path.
- George Herbert
Path, Away, Take, Wrath
Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.
- George Herbert
Grow, Oak, Deeper, Storms
The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
- George Herbert
World, Superstition, Atheism, Divides
Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, a box where sweets compacted lie.
- George Herbert
Lie, Spring, Days, Roses
War makes thieves and peace hangs them.
- George Herbert
Peace, War, Makes, Thieves
Never was a miser a brave soul.
- George Herbert
Brave, Soul, Never, Miser
Be thrifty, but not covetous.
- George Herbert
Thrifty
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
- George Herbert
Good, Hell, Hell Is, Meanings
Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
- George Herbert
Legal, Thy, Nor, Lawyer
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
- George Herbert
Love, Cannot, Hid, Cough
Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
- George Herbert
Motivational, Wait, May, Command
There is great force hidden in a gentle command.
- George Herbert
Hidden, Gentle, Force, Command
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
- George Herbert
Lost, World, His, Credit
Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.
- George Herbert
Needs, Which, Grows, Dare
Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.
- George Herbert
Wish, Cut, Many, Hand
He hath no leisure who useth it not.
- George Herbert
He, Who, Hath, Leisure
You must lose a fly to catch a trout.
- George Herbert
Fly, Lose, Trout, Catch
Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.
- George Herbert
Truth, Anger, Calm, Error
The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.
- George Herbert
Mouse, Taken, Quickly, Hole
Good words are worth much, and cost little.
- George Herbert
Communication, Words, Cost, Good Words
A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.
- George Herbert
Memory, Rock, Spin, Hath
The resolved mind hath no cares.
- George Herbert
Mind, Cares, Resolved, Hath
It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.
- George Herbert
Poor, Himself, Part, Undervalue
Spend not on hopes.
- George Herbert
Spend, Hopes
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
- George Herbert
Confidence, Army, Skill
Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.
- George Herbert
Mean, Pay, Unless, Debts
Better never begin than never make an end.
- George Herbert
Never, Better, Than, Begin
None knows the weight of another's burden.
- George Herbert
Wisdom, Weight, Another, Knows
A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.
- George Herbert
Love, Gentle, Tied, Easy
There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it.
- George Herbert
Hour, Might, His, Wherein
The eyes have one language everywhere.
- George Herbert
Eyes, Language, Everywhere
The shortest answer is doing.
- George Herbert
Doing, Shortest, Answer
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
- George Herbert
Lame, Punishment
Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and with good digestion all can be turned to health.
- George Herbert
Love, Wealth, Mistake, Digestion
If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.
- George Herbert
Him, You, Donkey
One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father.
- George Herbert
Father, Govern, Hundred, Sons
He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea.
- George Herbert
Learn, Will, Go, Sea
The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
- George Herbert
Needs, Seller, Hundred, Eyes
He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will never be handsome, strong, rich or wise.
- George Herbert
Strength, Handsome, Nor, Rich
There would be no great men if there were no little ones.
- George Herbert
Great, Would, Were, Great Men
Living well is the best revenge.
- George Herbert
Best, Living, Well, Revenge
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
- George Herbert
Failure, Lose, Sometimes, Gain
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
- George Herbert
Life, Before, Half, Spent
Night is the mother of counsels.
- George Herbert
Mother, Night, Dreams
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