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| George Herbert
A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.A coole mouth, and warme feet, live long.A crooked log makes a strait fire. A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees farther of the two. A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre [air]. A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread. A hundredload of worry will not pay an ounce of debt. A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit. A morning sunne, and a wine-bred child, and a latin-bred woman, seldome end well. All is well with him who is beloved by his neighbors. Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes Error a fault, and truth discourtesy. Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church. Better a bare foot then none. Comparisons are odious. Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby. 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. Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee. Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater. February makes a bridge and March breakes it. For all may have, If they dare to try, a glorious life, or grave. Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot. Good words are worth much, and cost little. He pares his apple that will cleanly feed. He that goes to bed thirsty riseth healthy. He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world. 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. He that lives in hope danceth without musick. He that talks much of his happiness summons grief. He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea. He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass. Hell is full of good meanings and wishings. If I be bound to pray for all that be in distress, surely I am bound, so far as it is in my power, to practice what I pray for. In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge. It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush. Life is half spent before we know what it is. Little pitchers have wide ears. Love and a cough cannot be hid. My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the Escuriall. Never was a miser a brave soul. No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a Chappell hard by. None knows the weight of another's burden. O Thou who has given us so much, mercifully grant us one thing more-a grateful heart. One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters. One sword keeps another in the sheath.Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night. Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life. Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. Sometimes the best gain is to lose. Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them. That is gold which is worth gold. The best mirror is an old friend.The eyes have one language everywhere. The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet. The offender never pardons. The resolved mind hath no cares. The shortest answer is doing. There is great force hidden in a gentle command. There would be no great men if there were no little ones. Thou hast conquered, O Galilaean. Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path. Time is the rider that breaks youth. To a boiling pot flies comes not. To build castles in Spain. Valor that parleys is near yielding. War makes thieves and peace hangs them. Well may he smell fire, whose gown burnes. When once thy foot enters the church, be bare. God is more there than thou: for thou art there Only by his permission. Then beware, That leads from earth to heaven. Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear? You must lose a fly to catch a trout. |
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