War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

Quote by George Herbert

Topics: George Herbert Quotes

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

The eyes have one language everywhere.

The eyes have one language everywhere.

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

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

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

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.

You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

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,...

Love and a cough cannot be hid.

Love and a cough cannot be hid.

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...

The best mirror is an old friend.

The best mirror is an old friend.

You must lose a fly to catch a trout

You must lose a fly to catch a trout

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

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

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

Better never begin than never make an end.

Better never begin than never make an end.

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

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

Punishment is lame, but it comes

Punishment is lame, but it comes

Be thrifty, but not covetous.

Be thrifty, but not covetous.

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...

Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.

Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.

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

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