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

— George Herbert

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

— George Herbert

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

— George Herbert

Sometimes the best gain is to lose.

— 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.

— George Herbert

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

— George Herbert

That flesh is but the glass, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.

— George Herbert

The best mirror is an old friend.

— George Herbert

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

— George Herbert

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

— George Herbert