1,357 Quotes by George Herbert

A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine; Who sweeps a room as forThy laws Makes it and th’action fine.

Better a snotty child, then his nose wip’d off.

That’s the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.

Ther’s no great banquet but some fares ill.

Wealth is the Conjurer’s Devil, Whom, when he thinks he hath, the Devil hath him.

One sword keeps another in the sheath.

Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.

Spend not on hopes.

Be calm in arguing for fierceness makes error a fault and truth discourtesy.