Quotes by : George Herbert

Sometimes the best gain is to lose.

The best mirror is an old friend.

Time is the rider that breaks youth.

Hope is the poor man's bread.

The chicken is the country's but the city eats it.

Woe be to him that reads but one book.

Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright,The bridal of the earth and sky;The dew shall weep thy fall tonight,For....

One sword keeps another in the sheath.

Night is the mother of counsels.

Man is no star, but a quick coalOf mortal fire:Who blows it not, nor doth controlA faint desire,