Living well is the best revenge.

Quote by George Herbert

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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

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.

Spend not on hopes.

Spend not on hopes.

It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.

It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.

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

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

The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one.

The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one.

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings

Be thrifty, but not covetous.

Be thrifty, but not covetous.

There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he...

There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he...

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and...

Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and...

Punishment is lame, but it comes

Punishment is lame, but it comes

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

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,...

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...

Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.

Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.