Top 500 George Herbert Quotes (2026 Update)
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351. “Armour is light at table.”

— George Herbert

352. “An old cat sports not with her prey.”

— George Herbert

353. “God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes.”

— George Herbert

354. “Dogs are fine in the field.”

— George Herbert

355. “The tongue talkes at the heads cost.”

— George Herbert

356. “He that sowes trusts in God.”

— George Herbert

357. “Great business turns on a little pin.”

— George Herbert

358. “There is no body will go to hell for company.”

— George Herbert

359. “Every one is witty for his owne purpose.”

— George Herbert

360. “The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.”

— George Herbert

361. “At dinner my man appeares.”

— George Herbert

362. “Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?”

— George Herbert

363. “Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrell to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot.”

— George Herbert

364. “Good words quench more then a bucket of water.”

— George Herbert

365. “Infants manners are moulded more by the example of Parents, then by stars at their nativities.”

— George Herbert

366. “Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.”

— George Herbert

367. “A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.”

— George Herbert

368. “Not a long day, but a good heart rids worke.”

— George Herbert

369. “Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.”

— George Herbert

370. “Take heed of winde that comes in at a hole, and a reconciled Enemy.”

— George Herbert

371. “Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.”

— George Herbert

372. “A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.”

— George Herbert

373. “Cloath thee in war, arme thee in peace.”

— George Herbert

374. “Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.”

— George Herbert

375. “A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.”

— George Herbert

376. “Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.”

— George Herbert

377. “Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your enemy.”

— George Herbert

378. “The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.”

— George Herbert

379. “We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.”

— George Herbert

380. “The great would have none great and the little all little.”

— George Herbert

381. “The smith and his penny both are black.”

— George Herbert

382. “When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.”

— George Herbert

383. “Would you know what money is, go borrow some.”

— George Herbert

384. “If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.”

— George Herbert

385. “There are three waies, the Vniversities, the Sea, the Court.”

— George Herbert

386. “A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.”

— George Herbert

387. “Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.”

— George Herbert

388. “Love makes one fitt for any work.”

— George Herbert

389. “The eye will have his part.”

— George Herbert

390. “Hee that workes after his owne manner, his head akes not at the matter.”

— George Herbert

391. “Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping, the good in learning.”

— George Herbert

392. “Some had rather lose their friend then their Jest.”

— George Herbert

393. “Who goes to bed, and doth not pray, Maketh two nights to every day!”

— George Herbert

394. “Ready mony is a ready Medicine.”

— George Herbert

395. “Nothing lasts but the Church.”

— George Herbert

396. “He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.”

— George Herbert

397. “Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.”

— George Herbert

398. “Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies.”

— George Herbert

399. “Perversnes makes one squint ey’d.”

— George Herbert

400. “Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.”

— George Herbert