A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.
George Herbert

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
George Herbert

A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.
George Herbert

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

Be thrifty, but not covetous.
George Herbert

Better never begin than never make an end.
George Herbert

Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.
George Herbert

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
George Herbert

Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
George Herbert

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


Good words are worth much, and cost little.
George Herbert

He hath no leisure who useth it not.
George Herbert

He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.
George Herbert

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

He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will never be handsome, strong, rich or wise.
George Herbert

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

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
George Herbert

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

In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.
George Herbert

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