1,357 Quotes by George Herbert

An ill agreement is better then a good judgement. [An ill agreement is better than a good judgment.]

We live in an age that hath more need of good example than precepts.

When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.

Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.

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

The eye will have his part.

Flies are busiest about leane horses.

It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.

Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.