“When all sinnes growe old covetousnesse is young.”

— George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum (1651), no. 18

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.”

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

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

“With rebellion, awareness is born.”

“Why was I born with such contemporaries?”

“The age of antiquity is the youth of the world.”

“Happiness was born a twin.”

“Youth, large, lusty, loving—Youth, full of grace, force, fascination!”

“God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion.”