George Herbert
Quotations

"Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot."

 

"You must lose a fly to catch a trout."

 

"The best mirror is an old friend."

 

"The resolved mind hath no cares. "

 

"The shortest answer is doing the thing. "

 

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

 

"The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children. "

 

"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. "

 

"There would be no great men if there were no little ones. "

 

"There is great force hidden in a gentle command. "

 

"Time is the rider that breaks youth. "

 

"Critics are like brushers of noblemen's clothes."