Francis Quarles

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

The road to perseverance lies by doubt.

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

Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains.

Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise.

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.

Lust is an immoderate wantonness of the flesh, a sweet poison, a cruel pestilence; a pernicious poison, which weakeneth the body of man, and effeminateth the strength of the heroic mind.

And he repents in thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.

He that sets not his heart on what he possesses, forsaketh all things, though he keep his possessions.

Make thy recreation servant to thy business lest thou become a slave to thy recreation.

No cross no crown.

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.

My mind's my kingdom.

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

He that hath no cross deserves no crown.

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

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

The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.

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

Wickedness is its own punishment.

Is not this lily pure? What fuller can procure A white so perfect, spotless clear As in this flower doth appear?

Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue.

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

Beware of him that is slow to anger for when it is long coming it is the stronger when it comes and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.

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.

Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.

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

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.

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.

The fountain of beauty is the heart and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber.

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

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

Let all thy joys be as the month of May, And all thy days be as a marriage day.

Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.

And he repents in thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.

Reason can discover things only near,--sees nothing that's above her.

He that has no cross will have no crown.

If thou desire the love of God and man be humble for the proud heart as it loves none but itself so it is believed of none but by itself the voice of humility is Gods music and the silence of humility is Gods rhetoric. Humility enforces where neither virtue nor strength can prevail nor reason.

It is the lot of man but once to die.