Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

Quote by George Herbert

Topics: George Herbert Quotes

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

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

The eyes have one language everywhere

The eyes have one language everywhere

If any speak ill of thee, fly home to thy own conscience and examine thy...

If any speak ill of thee, fly home to thy own conscience and examine thy...

He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.

He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.

In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.

In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.

Sometimes the best gain is to lose

Sometimes the best gain is to lose

There would be no great men if there were no little ones.

There would be no great men if there were no little ones.

He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40,...

He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40,...

Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.

Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.

A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no...

A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no...

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

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

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.

The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.

The fineness which a hymn or psalm affords If when the soul unto the lines...

The fineness which a hymn or psalm affords If when the soul unto the lines...

Calmness is always Godlike

Calmness is always Godlike

Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most,...

Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most,...

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

The offender never pardons.

The offender never pardons.

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.