Quote

He that would be well, needs not goe from his owne house. [He that would be well needs not go from his own house.]

George Herbert

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
Cleric
Poet
Politician
Priest
Writer
Montgomery
Powys
Well
Needs
Would
Owne
House
Wells

More quotes by George Herbert

Image
When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.
George Herbert
Image
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
George Herbert
Image
Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.
George Herbert
Image
Dally not with mony or women. [Dally not with money or women.]
George Herbert
Image
We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh till your hearts ake.
George Herbert
Image
A crooked log makes a strait fire.
George Herbert
Image
Every path hath a puddle.
George Herbert
Image
You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.
George Herbert
Image
Take heed of a young wench, a prophetesse, and a Lattin bred woman.
George Herbert
Image
Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.
George Herbert
Image
O what a sight were Man, if his attires Did alter with his minde And like a dolphins skinne, his clothes combin'd With his desires!
George Herbert
Image
Dogs are fine in the field.
George Herbert
Image
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
George Herbert
Image
A dead Bee maketh no Hony.
George Herbert
Image
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
George Herbert
Image
As flames do work and wind when they ascend, So did I weave myself into the sense.
George Herbert
Image
A morning sunne, and a wine-bred child, and a latin-bred woman, seldome end well.
George Herbert
Image
He warmes too neere that burnes.
George Herbert
Image
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes nothing to him but a little mony.
George Herbert
Image
He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it. [He that hath but one eye must be afraid to lose it.]
George Herbert