Life is half spent before we know what it is.
George Herbert

Living well is the best revenge.
George Herbert

Love and a cough cannot be hid.
George Herbert

Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.
George Herbert

Never was a miser a brave soul.
George Herbert

Night is the mother of counsels.
George Herbert

None knows the weight of another's burden.
George Herbert

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

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
George Herbert

One sword keeps another in the sheath.
George Herbert

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.
George Herbert

Punishment is lame, but it comes.
George Herbert

Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.
George Herbert

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
George Herbert

Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
George Herbert

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

Spend not on hopes.
George Herbert

Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.
George Herbert

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

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