1,357 Quotes by George Herbert

The first blow is as much as two.

Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrell to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot.

Thinke of ease, but worke on.

Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.

For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is incompossible.

It's good tying the sack before it be full.

You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

Power seldome grows old at Court.

That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.