To be gentle is the test of a lady. Owen Feltham More Quotes by Owen Feltham More Quotes From Owen Feltham Where there is plenty, charity is a duty, not a courtesy Owen Feltham alms courtesy charity Human life has not a surer friend, nor oftentimes a greater enemy, than hope. It is the miserable man's god, which in the hardest gripe of calamity never fails to yield to him beams of comfort. It is the presumptuous man's devil, which leads him a while in a smooth way, and then suddenly breaks his neck. Owen Feltham yield hope men That man is but of the lower part of the world that is not brought up to business and affairs. Owen Feltham affair men world Irresolution is a worse vice than rashness. He that shoots best may sometimes miss the mark; but he that shoots not at all can never hit it. Irresolution loosens all the joints of a state; like an ague, it shakes not this nor that limb, but all the body is at once in a fit. The irresolute man is lifted from one place to another; so hatcheth nothing, but addles all his actions. Owen Feltham missing may men The boundary of man is moderation. When once we pass that pale our guardian angel quits his charge of us. Owen Feltham quitting angel men Every man should study conciseness in speaking; it is a sign of ignorance not to know that long speeches, though they may please the speaker, are the torture of the hearer. Owen Feltham ignorance men long Pleasures can undo a man at any time, if yielded to. Owen Feltham pleasure ifs men Riches, though they may reward virtues, yet they cannot cause them; he is much more noble who deserves a benefit than he who bestows one. Owen Feltham benefits noble may For converse among men, beautiful persons have less need of the mind's commending qualities. Beauty in itself is such a silent orator, that it is ever pleading for respect and liking, and by the eyes of others is ever sending, to their hearts for love. Owen Feltham eye beautiful beauty He that, when he should not, spends too much, shall, when he would not, have too little to spend. Owen Feltham economy too-much littles No man can expect to find a friend without faults; nor can he propose himself to be so to another. Without reciprocal mildness and temperance there can be no continuance of friendship. Every man will have something to do for his friend, and something to bear with in him. The sober man only can do the first; and for the latter, patience is requisite. It is better for a man to depend on himself, than to be annoyed with either a madman or a fool. Owen Feltham friends annoyed men The noblest part of a friend is an honest boldness in the notifying of errors. He that tells me of a fault, aiming at my good, I must think him wise and faithful--wise in spying that which I see not; faithful in a plain admonishment, not tainted with flattery. Owen Feltham friends wise thinking Of all trees, I observe God hath chosen the vine, a low plant that creeps upon the helpful wall; of all beasts, the soft and patient lamb; of all fowls, the mild and guileless dove. Christ is the rose of the field, and the lily of the valley. When God appeared to Moses, it was not in the lofty cedar nor the sturdy oak nor the spreading palm; but in a bush, a humble, slender, abject shrub; as if He would, by these elections, check the conceited arrogance of man. Owen Feltham wall humility humble Show me the man who would go to heaven alone if he could, and in that man I will show you one who will never be admitted into heaven. Owen Feltham he-man men heaven It is a most unhappy state to be at a distance with God: man needs no greater infelicity than to be left to himself. Owen Feltham distance god men
