The best mirror is an old friend.

Quote by George Herbert

Topics: Friendship Quotes, Love Quotes

He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea.

He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea.

If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.

If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.

Be thrifty, but not covetous.

Be thrifty, but not covetous.

One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one...

One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one...

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...

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...

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

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...

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.

Love and a cough cannot be hid.

Love and a cough cannot be hid.

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

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

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 offender never pardons.

The offender never pardons.

A tyrant is most tyrant to himself

A tyrant is most tyrant to himself

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.

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings

Spend not on hopes.

Spend not on hopes.

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.

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

There is great force hidden in a gentle command.

Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.

Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.