Herbs Quotes

“Oregano is the spice of life.”

“The sweet mouth gathers sweet herbs.”

“I know a bank where the wild thyme blows.”

“There's rosemary, that's for remembrance.”

“Dreary rosmarye
That always mourns the dead.”

“The basil tuft, that waves
Its fragrant blossom over graves.”

“Herb”

“herb”

“In the nice bee, what sense so subtly true
From pois'nous herbs extracts the healing dew?”

“The humble rosemary
Whose sweets so thanklessly are shed
To scent the desert and the dead.”

“Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
Remember me to one who lives there,
He (she) once was a true love of mine.”

“Thine eyes are springs in whose serene
And silent waters heaven is seen.
Their lashes are the herbs that look
On their young figures in the brook.”

“Mrs. Lovett: What's my secret, frankly dear forgive my candor, family secret all to do with herbs, things like being careful with your coriander, that's what makes the gravy grander.”

“I pray your Highness mark this curious herb:
Touch it but lightly, stroke it softly, Sir,
And it gives forth an odor sweet and rare;
But crush it harshly and you'll make a scent
Most disagreeable.”

“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field: which indeed is the least of all seeds: but, when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.”

“There is an herb named in Latine Convolvulus (i. e. with wind), growing among shrubs and bushes, which carrieth a flower not unlike to this Lilly, save that it yeeldeth no smell nor hath those chives within; for whitenesse they resemble one another very much, as if Nature in making this floure were a learning and trying her skill how to frame the Lilly indeed.”