George Herbert

“The offender never pardons.”

“The shortest answer is doing.”

“You must lose a fly to catch a trout.”

“It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.”

“War makes thieves and peace hangs them.”

“Life is half spent before we know what it is.”

“The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one.”

“Love and a cough cannot be hid.”

“A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.”

“The eyes have one language everywhere.”

“There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it.”

“There is great force hidden in a gentle command.”

“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.”

“Living well is the best revenge.”

“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.”

“If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.”

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

“Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.”

“One sword keeps another in the sheath.”