Quotes
Quotes - Herbert
Listen, sweet Dove, unto my song, And spread thy golden wings in me; Hatching my tender heart so long, Till it get wing, and flie away with Thee.
He pares his apple that will cleanly feed.
A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast. [A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]
Gluttony kills more then the sword. [Gluttony kills more than the sword.]
A morning sunne, and a wine-bred child, and a latin-bred woman, seldome end well. [A morning sun and a wine-bred child and a Latin-bred woman seldom end well.]
Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.
Time is the rider that breaks youth.
February makes a bridge and March breakes it. [February makes a bridge, and March breaks it.]
Better a bare foote then none. [Better a barefoot than none.]
A crooked log makes a strait fire [A crooked log makes a straight fire.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes. [Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
To a boyling pot flies comes not. [To a boiling pot flies come not.]
The offender never pardons.
He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.
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.
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
That is gold which is worth gold.
Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot.
A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.
A coole mouth, and warme feet, live long. [A cool mouth, and warm feet, live long.]
Hee that goes to bed thirsty riseth healthy. [He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy.]
Little pitchers have wide eares. [Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear? [Who is so deaf as he that will not hear?]
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the Escuriall.
