George Herbert

Who says that fictions only and false hairBecome a verse? Is there in truth no beauty?Is all good structure in a winding stair?

Woe be to him that reads but one book.

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.

Life is half spent before we know what it is.

None knows the weight of another's burden.

I will complain, yet praise;I will bewail, approve:And all my sowre-sweet dayesI will lament, and love.

Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.

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.

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and with good digestion all can be turned to health.

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

Living well is the best revenge.

A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.

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.

Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

Good words are worth much, and cost little.