Top 500 George Herbert Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.”

— George Herbert

152. “Honor and profit lie not all in one sack.”

— George Herbert

153. “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

154. “To a boiling pot flies come not.”

— George Herbert

155. “The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.”

— George Herbert

156. “A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.”

— George Herbert

157. “If you walk on snow you cannot hide your footprints.”

— George Herbert

158. “No day so clear but hath dark clouds.”

— George Herbert

159. “Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is even in the grave, And thou must die.”

— George Herbert

160. “Woe to the house where there is no chiding.”

— George Herbert

161. “He who has the pepper may season as he lists.”

— George Herbert

162. “The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.”

— George Herbert

163. “Great trees are good for nothing but shade.”

— George Herbert

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

— George Herbert

165. “Religion a stalking horse to shoot other foul.”

— George Herbert

166. “Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.”

— George Herbert

167. “All flesh is not venison.”

— George Herbert

168. “Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.”

— George Herbert

169. “The best smell is bread; the best saver, salt; the best love, that of children.”

— George Herbert

170. “All are not merry that dance lightly.”

— George Herbert

171. “An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.”

— George Herbert

172. “Pleasing ware is half sold.”

— George Herbert

173. “Church bells beyond the stars heard, the soul’s blood, The land of spices; something understood.”

— George Herbert

174. “Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.”

— George Herbert

175. “Music helps not the toothache.”

— George Herbert

176. “The world is now adayes, God save the Conquerour.”

— George Herbert

177. “One enemy is too much.”

— George Herbert

178. “Love is the true price of love.”

— George Herbert

179. “Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.”

— George Herbert

180. “Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.”

— George Herbert

181. “Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement.”

— George Herbert

182. “Corn is cleaned with wind, and the Soul with chastening.”

— George Herbert

183. “Things well fitted abide.”

— George Herbert

184. “When a dog is drowning, everyone offers him a drink.”

— George Herbert

185. “Dry bread at home is better then rost meate abroad.”

— George Herbert

186. “A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.”

— George Herbert

187. “Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.”

— George Herbert

188. “If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.”

— George Herbert

189. “The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it.”

— George Herbert

190. “Punishment is lame, but it comes.”

— George Herbert

191. “Lord! who hath praise enough?”

— George Herbert

192. “Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.”

— George Herbert

193. “Praise day at night, and life at the end.”

— George Herbert

194. “A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.”

— George Herbert

195. “There is great force hidden in a gentle command.”

— George Herbert

196. “That is not good language which all understand not.”

— George Herbert

197. “A drunkards purse is a bottle.”

— George Herbert

198. “Look not for musk in a dog’s kennel.”

— George Herbert

199. “Good and quickly seldom meet.”

— George Herbert

200. “Every man’s censure is first moulded in his own nature.”

— George Herbert