Spend not on hopes.

Quote by George Herbert

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Love and a cough cannot be hid.

Love and a cough cannot be hid.

It is good to have friends both in Heaven and Hell?

It is good to have friends both in Heaven and Hell?

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 enemy is too much.

One enemy is too much.

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 shortest answer is doing.

The shortest answer is doing.

Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path.

Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path.

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

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.

Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and...

Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and...

Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within...

Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within...

The resolved mind hath no cares.

The resolved mind hath no cares.

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

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,...

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,...

Punishment is lame, but it comes

Punishment is lame, but it comes

The world is the court of God. The criminal is God; the punisher is God;...

The world is the court of God. The criminal is God; the punisher is God;...

Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic...

Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic...

Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts...

Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts...