1,357 Quotes by George Herbert

Man is all symmetrie, Full of proportions, one limbe to another, And all to all the world besides: Each part may call the farthest, brother: For head with foot hath privite amitie, And both with moons and tides.

He that staies does the businesse.

All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.

The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.

Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.

In sports and journeys men are knowne. [In sports and journeys men are known.]

None knows the weight of another's burden.

Every one stretcheth his legges according to his coverlet. [Every one stretches his legs according to his coverlet.]

Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne Carpenters (to make them crutches).