George Herbert Speak Quotations

If any speak ill of thee, fly home to thy own conscience and examine thy heart. If thou art guilty, it is a just correction; if not guilty, it is a fair instruction.

The effect speakes, the tongue needes not. [The effect speaks, the tongue needs not.]

Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word. [Of him that speaks ill, consider the life more than the word.]

Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthen pot. The worst speaks something good.

The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.

He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it. [He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it.]