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Poor thieves in halters we behold; And great thieves in their chains of gold.
Let all thy joys be as the month of May,And all thy days be as a marriage day.
Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.
Obedience to truth known, is the king's highway to that which is still beyond us.
Neutrality is dangerous, whereby thou becomest a necessary prey to the conqueror.
Take heed thou trust not the deceitful lap Of wanton Dalilah; the world's a trap.
To bear adversity with an equal mind is both the sign and glory of a brave spirit.
Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.
He that hath promised pardon on our repentance hat not promised life till we repent.
The voice of humility is God's music, and the silence of humility is God's rhetoric.
To fear death is the way to live long; to lie afraid of death is to be long a dying.
The goods we spend we keep; and what we save We lose; and only what we lose we have.
If thy daughter marry well, thou hast found a son; if not, thou hast lost a daughter.
The suburbs of folly is vain mirth, and profuseness of laughter is the city of fools.
Sweet tastes have sour closes; and he repents on thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.
The way to bliss lies not on beds of down, And he that had no cross deserves no crown.
Lust is a sharp spur to vice, which always putteth the affections into a false gallop.
Make thy recreation servant to thy business, lest thou become a slave to thy recreation.
Shine Son of glory, and my sinnes are goneLike twinkling Starres before the rising Sunne.
No labor is hard, no time is long, wherein the glory of eternity is the mark we level at.
I'll ne'er distrust my God for cloth and bread while lilies flourish and the raven 's fed.
Gold is Caesar's treasure, man is God's; thy gold hath Caesar's image, and thou hast God's.
The slender debt to Nature's quickly paid,Discharged, perchance, with greater ease than made.
The height of all philosophy is to know thyself; and the end of this knowledge is to know God.
What treasures here do Mammon's sons behold! Yet know that all that which glitters is not gold.
Whosoever obeyeth the devil, casteth himself down: for the devil may suggest, compel he cannot.
Scandal breeds hatred; hatred begets division; division makes faction, and faction brings ruin.
Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation; and honor the reward of action.
The fountain of beauty is the heart and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber.
If virtue accompany it, it is the heart's paradise; if vice associate it, it is the soul's purgatory.
Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.
Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word 'satiety.'
What well-advised ear regards What earth can say? Thy words are gold, but thy rewards Are painted clay.
Every man's vanity ought to be his greatest shame; and every man's folly ought to be his greatest secret.
Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.
Other vices make their own way; this makes way for all vices. He that is a drunkard is qualified for all vice.
O who would trust this world, or prize what's in it, That gives and takes, and chops and changes, ev'ry minute?
Is not this lily pure? What fuller can procure A white so perfect, spotless clear As in this flower doth appear?
If thou hast no inferiors, have patience awhile, and thou shalt have no superiors. The grave requires no marshal.
It is no happiness to live long, nor unhappiness to die soon; happy is he that hath lived long enough to die well.
How is the anxious soul of man befool'd in his desire, That thinks an hectic fever may be cool'd in flames of fire?
False world, thou ly'st: thou canst not lend The least delight: Thy favours cannot gain a friend, They are so slight.
Hath any wounded thee with injuries? Meet them with patience. Hasty words rankle the wound; soft language dresses it.
Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labour, and so shall thy labour sweeten thy rest.
The strong desires of man's insatiate breast may stand possess'd Of all that earth can give; but earth can give no rest.
A despairing heart is the true prophet of approaching evil; his actions may weave the webs of Fortune, but not break them.
Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail.
Afflictions clarify the soul; And like hard masters, give more hard directions, Tutoring the non-age of uncurbed affections.
The world is deceitful; her end is doubtful, her conclusion is horrible, her judge terrible, and her judgment is intolerable.