"George Herbert, who was the Author of the Temple or Sacred Poems and Ejaculations. (A Book, in which by declaring his own spiritual Conflicts he hath Comforted and raised many a dejected and discomposed Soul, and charmed them into sweet and quiet thoughts: A Book, by the frequent reading whereof, and the assistance of that Spirit that seemed to inspire the Author, the Reader may attain habits of Peace and Piety, and all the gifts of the Holy Ghost and Heaven: and may by still reading, still keep those sacred fires burning upon the Altar of so pure an heart, as shall free it from the anxieties of this world, and keep it fixt upon things that are above)."

"The first, that with any effectual success attempted a diversion of this foul and overflowing stream, was the blessed man, Mr. George Herbert, whose holy life and verse gained many pious converts, of whom I am the least; and gave the first check to a most flourishing and admired wit of his time."

"I must confess, after all that, next to Scripture Poems, there are none so savoury to me, as Mr. George Herbert’s, and Mr. George Sandys’s. I know that Cooly and others far excel Herbert in Wit and accurate composure. But (as Seneca takes with me above all his Contemporaries, because he speaketh Things by words, feelingly and seriously, like a man that is past jest, so) Herbert speaks to God like one that really believeth a God, and where business in the world is most with God. Heart-work and Heaven-work make up his Books."

"A dwarf on a giant's shoulders sees farther of the two."

"The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken."

"The lion is not so fierce as they paint him."

"To a close-shorn sheep God gives wind by measure."

"It is a poor sport that is not worth the candle."

"No sooner is a temple built to God, but the Devil builds a chapel hard by."

"After death the doctor."

"His bark is worse than his bite."

"[ Old men go to death; death comes to young men. ]"

"[ Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be overturned. ]"

"[ Your thoughts close and your countenance loose. ]"

"[ Much money makes a countrey poor, for it sets a dearer price on every thing. ]"

"[ Some had rather lose their friend then their jest. ]"

"[ The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet. ]"

"[ Woe be to him that reads but one book. ]"

"[ There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it. ]"

"[ There is a remedy for everything, could men find it. ]"

"[ When war begins then hell openeth. ]"

"[ The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd. ]"

"[ A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb. ]"

"[ What one day gives us another takes away from us. ]"

"[ Cruelty is more cruell if we defer the pain. ]"

"[ An old dog barks not in vain. ]"

"[ Hee that makes himself a sheep shall be eat by the wolfe. ]"

"[ The war is not don so long as my enemy lives. ]"

"[ Silke doth quench the fire in the kitchin. ]"

"[ An idle youth, a needy age. ]"

"1023. An old cat sports not with her prey."

"1011. The eye is bigger then the belly."

"1010. An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept."

"991. Speake not of my debts, unlesse you mean to pay them."

"971. Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made."

"966. With customes wee live well, but lawes undoe us."

"942. Every mile is two in winter."

"940. The great would have none great, and the little all little."