Herbert

Famous quotes containing the word herbert:

    Throw away thy rod,
    Throw away thy wrath;
    O my God,
    Take the gentle path.
    —George Herbert (1593–1633)

    That, if I chance to hold my peace,
    These stones to praise thee may not cease.
    Oh let thy blessed sacrifice be mine,
    And sanctify this altar to be thine.
    —George Herbert (1593–1633)

    With all the surgical skill and the vital rays lavished on him he should talk like a—like a congressman at a filibuster.
    —Kenneth Langtry. Herbert L. Strock. Prof. Frankenstein (Whit Bissell)