The fountain of beauty is the heart and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber. Francis Quarles More Quotes by Francis Quarles More Quotes From Francis Quarles As there is no worldly gain without some loss, so there is no worldly loss without some gain.... Set the allowance against the loss, and thou shalt find no loss great. Francis Quarles gains adversity loss Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, how to be free from it, that's the point. Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune. Francis Quarles fearless becoming action Let the ground of all thy religious actions be obedience; examine not why it is commanded, but observe it because it is commanded. True obedience neither procrastinates nor questions. Francis Quarles obedience religious action If any speak ill of thee, flee home to thy own conscience, and examine thy heart: if thou be guilty, it is a just correction; if not guilty, it is a fair instruction: make use of both; so shalt thou distil honey out of gall, and out of an open enemy create a secret friend. Francis Quarles home heart enemy Prize not thyself by what thou hast, but by what thou art; he that values a jewel by her golden frame, or a book by her silver clasps, or a man by his vast estate, errs; if thou art not worth more than the world can make thee, thy Redeemer had a bad pennyworth, or thou an uncurious Redeemer. Francis Quarles men book art If thou be rich, strive to command thy money, lest it command thee. Francis Quarles strive rich thee If God send thee a cross, take it up willingly and follow him. Use it wisely, lest it be unprofitable. Bear it patiently, lest it be intolerable. If it be light, slight it not. If it be heavy, murmur not. After the cross is the crown. Francis Quarles crowns light use Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself. If thou find anything questionable there, use the commentary of a severe friend, rather than the gloss of a sweet-lipped flatterer there is more profit in a distasteful truth than in deceitful sweetness. Francis Quarles sweet friendship lying Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation; and honor the reward of action. Francis Quarles meditation soul honor If thou seest anything in thyself which may make thee proud, look a little further and thou shalt find enough to humble thee; if thou be wise, view the peacock's feathers with his feet, and weigh thy best parts with thy imperfections. Francis Quarles humble wise feet What money creates, money preserves: if thy wealth decays, thy honor dies; it is but a slippery happiness which fortunes can give, and frowns can take; and not worth the owning which a night's fire can melt, or a rough sea can drown. Francis Quarles fire sea night Too much is a vanity; enough is a feast. Francis Quarles vanity too-much abstinence Heav'n is not always got by running. Francis Quarles running heaven Every man's vanity ought to be his greatest shame; and every man's folly ought to be his greatest secret. Francis Quarles vanity secret men The light of the understanding, humility kindleth and pride covereth. Francis Quarles light pride humility Wrinkle not thy face with too much laughter, lest thou become ridiculous; neither wanton thy heart with too much mirth, lest thou become vain: the suburbs of folly is vain mirth, and profuseness of laughter is the city of fools. Francis Quarles wrinkles laughter heart If you desire to be magnanimous, undertake nothing rashly, and fear nothing thou undertakest; fear nothing but infamy; dare anything but injury; the measure of magnanimity is neither to be rash nor timorous. Francis Quarles fear-nothing injury desire Let the words of a virgin, though in a good cause, and to as good purpose, be neither violent, many, nor first, nor last; it is less shame for a virgin to be lost in a blushing silence than to be found in a bold eloquence. Francis Quarles lasts silence purpose No labor is hard, no time is long, wherein the glory of eternity is the mark we level at. Francis Quarles levels glory long With a bloody flux of oaths vows deep revenge. Francis Quarles flux vow revenge
