George Herbert

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

Be calm in arguing for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.

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.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

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

Life is half spent before we know what it is.

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.

A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.

In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.

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

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

Living well is the best revenge.