Zitat des Tages von George Herbert:
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee.
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.
Never was a miser a brave soul.
Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.
He hath no leisure who useth it not.
The shortest answer is doing.
There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it.
The eyes have one language everywhere.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
Night is the mother of counsels.
There is great force hidden in a gentle command.
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.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.
Living well is the best revenge.
In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.
The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father.
The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.
Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.
It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.
There would be no great men if there were no little ones.
You must lose a fly to catch a trout.
Better never begin than never make an end.
War makes thieves and peace hangs them.
The offender never pardons.
One sword keeps another in the sheath.
Spend not on hopes.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.
Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.
Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.
Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.
The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.