Francis Quarles
“The shortest answer is doing.”
“The mind's eye sees farther than the fleshly eye.”
“The poorest pay is praise.”
“He that hath promised ought to make his promise good.”
“Give me the man who can command his temper.”
“He that begins to live begins to die.”
“Be not too rash in the breaking of an inconvenient custom; as it was gotten, so leave it by degrees.”
“A man's best fortune, or his worst, is a wife.”
“Where lies are easily admitted, the father of lies will not easily be excluded.”
“We travel sea and soil; we pry and prowl; we progress, and we prog from pole to pole.”
“What money creates, money preserves: if thy wealth decays, thy honor dies.”
“Seest thou good days? Prepare for evil times. No summer but hath its winter.”
“No man is born unto himself alone; who lives unto himself, he lives unto no one.”
“The way to bliss lies not on beds of down; and he that has no cross deserves no crown.”
“Let the greatest part of the news thou hearest be the least part of what thou believest.”
“Use law and physic only for necessity; they that use them otherwise abuse themselves unto weak bodies and light purses.”
“It is no happiness to live long, nor unhappiness to die soon; happy is he that hath lived long enough to die well.”
“Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it: he that fears otherwise gives advantage to the danger.”
“The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters.”
“If thou seest anything in thyself which may make thee proud, look a little further and thou shalt find enough to humble thee.”