George Herbert

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

Sometimes the best gain is to lose.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

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

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

A hundredload of worry will not pay an ounce of debt.

Night is the mother of counsels.

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

One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.

Skill and confidence are an uncon-quered army.

Thou who has given so much to me give one thing more: a grateful heart.

He that will learn to pray let him to sea.

One sword keeps another in the sheath.

You must lose a fly to catch a trout.

Time is the rider that breaks youth.

Praise the sea but keep on land.

God's mill grinds slow but sure.

Hope is the poor man's bread.