Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and with good digestion all can be turned to health.

Quote by George Herbert

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A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.

A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

The offender never pardons.

The offender never pardons.

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

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

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

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

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...

Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie

Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie

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,...

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...

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

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

Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, a box where sweets compacted lie.

Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, a box where sweets compacted lie.

The best mirror is an old friend.

The best mirror is an old friend.

Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.

Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.

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...

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

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...

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that...

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that...

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.

Happiness is the perpetual possession of being well deceived.