Francis Quarles

“If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.”

“It is the lot of man but once to die.”

“Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue.”

“Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise.”

“Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is hatred, the continuance of hatred turns malice.”

“The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.”

“Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation; and honor the reward of action.”

“Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail.”

“Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.”

“Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.”

“Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.”

“I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing.”

“He that hath no cross deserves no crown.”

“Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains.”

“Wickedness is its own punishment.”

“Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat; it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived.”

“The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.”

“That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.”

“Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.”

“Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word 'satiety.'”