Who says that fictions only and false hairBecome a verse? Is there in truth no beauty?Is all good structure in a winding stair?
~ George Herbert
Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright,The bridal of the earth and sky;The dew shall weep thy fall tonight,For thou must die.
Man is no star, but a quick coalOf mortal fire:Who blows it not, nor doth controlA faint desire
I will complain, yet praise;I will bewail, approve:And all my sowre-sweet dayesI will lament, and love.
Woe be to him that reads but one book.
Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back,Guiltie of dust and sin.
Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path.
Be calm in arguing: for fierceness makes Error a fault, and truth discourtesy.
That flesh is but the glass, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.
Drink not the third glass - which thou can'st not tame when once it is within thee.
Time is the rider that breaks youth.
You must lose a fly to catch a trout.
Skill and confidence are an uncon-quered army.
The chicken is the country's but the city eats it.
Night is the mother of counsels.
One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.
War makes thieves and peace hangs them.
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.
Good words are worth much, and cost little.
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.
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.
A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.
Living well is the best revenge.
There would be no great men if there were no little ones.
Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and with good digestion all can be turned to health.
Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.
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.
Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.
None knows the weight of another's burden.
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.
A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
