Francis Quarles
“Hath any wronged thee? Be bravely revenged: slight it, and the work is begun; forgive it, and it is finished.”
“Blessedness is promised to the peacemaker, not to the conqueror.”
“Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail.”
“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.”