1,357 Quotes by George Herbert

Everyone puts his fault on the Times.

Hee looseth nothing, that looseth not God.

The constancy of the benefit of the yeere in their seasons argues a Deity.

Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be overturned.

The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.

In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king. [In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed is king.]

Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.

He that tells a secret is anothers servant. [He that tells a secret is another's servant.]

Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse thy soul; mark the decay And growth of it; if, with thy watch, that too Be down then winde up both; since we shall be Most surely judg'd, make thy accounts agree.