Trust few men; above all, keep your follies to yourself. Walter Raleigh More Quotes by Walter Raleigh More Quotes From Walter Raleigh It is plain there is not in nature a point of stability to be found; everything either ascends or declines; when wars are ended abroad, sedition begins at home; and when men are freed from fighting for necessity, they quarrel through ambition. Walter Raleigh ambitionhomewar Better were it to be unborn than to be ill bred. Walter Raleigh unbornillmanners A man must first govern himself ere he is fit to govern a family; and his family ere he be fit to bear the government of the commonwealth. Walter Raleigh bearsmenfirsts Love likes not the falling fruit, Walter Raleigh likestreefall Youth is the opportunity to do something and to be somebody. Walter Raleigh youthopportunity Desire attained is not desire, Walter Raleigh firedesire The longer it possesseth a man the more he will delight in it, and the older he groweth the more he shall be subject to it; for it dulleth the spirits, and destroyeth the body as ivy doth the old tree, or as the worm that engendereth in the kernal of the nut. Walter Raleigh ivynutsmen An anthology is like all the plums and orange peel picked out of a cake. Walter Raleigh orangecakebook Above all things, be not made an ass to carry the burdens of other men if any friend desire thee to be his surety, give him a part of what thou has to spare if he presses thee further, he is not thy friend at all. Walter Raleigh desiregivingmen And when I'm introduced to one Walter Raleigh agewishfun There is no error which hath not some appearance of probability resembling truth, which, when men who study to be singular find out, straining reason, they then publish to the world matter of contention and jangling. Walter Raleigh errorsmattermen Because all men are apt to flatter themselves, to entertain the addition of other men's praises is most perilous. Walter Raleigh flatterypraisemen Prevention is the daughter of intelligence. Walter Raleigh prudencepreventiondaughter If any friend desire thee to be his surety, give him a part of what thou hast to spare; if he press thee further, he is not thy friend at all, for friendship rather chooseth harm to itself than offereth it. If thou be bound for a stranger, thou art a fool; if for a merchant, thou puttest thy estate to learn to swim. Walter Raleigh swimgivingart Less pains in the world a man cannot take than to bold his tongue. Walter Raleigh paintalkingmen Take special care that thou never trust any friend or servant with any matter that may endanger thine estate; for so shalt thou make thyself a bond-slave to him that thou trustest, and leave thyself always to his mercy. Walter Raleigh trustcaringspecial Death, which hateth and destroyeth a man, is believed; God, which hath made him and loves him, is always deferred. Walter Raleigh and-lovemendeath Our souls, piercing through the impurity of flesh, behold the highest heaven, and thence bring knowledge to contemplate the ever-during, glory and termless joy. Walter Raleigh souljoyheaven The bodies of men, munition, and money may justly be called the sinews of war. Walter Raleigh bodymenwar The necessity of war, which among human actions is the most lawless, hath some kind of affinity with the necessity of law. Walter Raleigh lawactionwar
