“What treasures here do Mammon's sons behold! Yet know that all that which glitters is not gold.”
Francis Quarles“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.”
Francis Quarles“Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.”
Francis Quarles“That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.”
Francis Quarles“Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.”
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.”
Francis Quarles“Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.”
Francis Quarles“My mind's my kingdom.”
Francis Quarles“He that hath no cross deserves no crown.”
Francis Quarles“Heaven is never deaf but when man's heart is dumb.”
Francis Quarles“What treasures here do Mammon's sons behold! Yet know that all that which glitters is not gold.”
Francis Quarles