Quotes by George Herbert

Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy

#Courtesy

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

#Day

The eyes have one language everywhere

#Eyes, #Language

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

#Family, #Fathers

The offender never pardons

#Forgiveness

O Thou who has given us so much, mercifully grant us one thing more-a grateful...

#Generosity

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

#Government

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

#Greatness

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings

#Hell

A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no...

#Memory

Punishment is lame, but it comes

#Punishment

You must lose a fly to catch a trout

#Risk-taking