“My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the Escurial.”

— George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum (1651), No. 416

About George Herbert

1593 – 1633

Welsh-born English poet and Anglican priest, compiler of the proverb collection 'Jacula Prudentum' (1651).

“Before you make a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him.”

“Laugh not too much; the witty man laughs least: for wit is news only to ignorance.”

“Man is one world, and hath Another to attend him.”

“It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.”

“The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.”

“Our content is our best having.”

“I am grateful for what I am & have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.”

“Domestic happiness, thou only bliss of Paradise that has surviv'd the fall!”

“Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.”