Quotes by

Robert Herrick

If a little labor, little are our gains. Mans fortunes are according to his pains. – Robert Herrick

Who with a little cannot be content, endures an everlasting punishment. – Robert Herrick

The body is the souls poor house or home, whose ribs the laths are and whose flesh the loam. – Robert Herrick

And with our broth, and bread, and bits, sir friend,
Youve fared well : pray make an end ;
Two days youve larded here ; a third, ye know,
Makes guests and fish smell strong ; pray go – Robert Herrick

Give me a kiss, and to that kiss a score;
Then to that twenty, add a hundred more:
A thousand to that hundred: so kiss on,
To make that thousand up a million.
Treble that million, and when that is done,
Lets kiss afresh, as when we first begun. – Robert Herrick

The person lives twice who lives the first life well. – Robert Herrick

It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish. – Robert Herrick

A spark neglected makes a mighty fire. – Robert Herrick

Who covets more, is evermore a slave. – Robert Herrick