He that rectifies a crooked stick bends it the contrary way, so must he that would reform a vice learn to affect its mere contrary, and in time he shall see the springing blossoms of a happy restoration. R Chamberlain More Quotes by R Chamberlain More Quotes From R Chamberlain Learning is like Scanderbeg?s sword, either good or bad according to him who hath it: an excellent weapon, if well used; otherwise, like a sharp razor in the hand of a child. R Chamberlain A foolish man in wealth and authority is like a weak-timbered house with a too-ponderous roof. R Chamberlain Bootless grief hurts a man?s self, but patience makes a jest of an injury. R Chamberlain Harsh reproof is like a violent storm, soon washed down the channel; but friendly admonitions, like a small shower, pierce deep, and bring forth better reformation. R Chamberlain If a man be not so happy as he desires, let this be his comfort?he is not so wretched as he deserves. R Chamberlain It is better to be well deserving without praise than to live by the air of undeserved commendation. R Chamberlain Men are not rich or poor according to what they possess but to what they desire. The only rich man is he that with content enjoys a competence. R Chamberlain Outward perfection without inward goodness sets but the blacker dye on the mind?s deformity. R Chamberlain There are no riches like the sweetness of content, nor poverty comparable to the want of patience. R Chamberlain There is not half so much danger in the desperate sword of a known foe as in the smooth insinuations of a pretended friend. R Chamberlain Too much to lament a misery is the next way to draw on a remediless mischief. R Chamberlain When the scale of sensuality bears down that of reason, the baseness of our nature conducts us to most preposterous conclusions. R Chamberlain
