Francis Quarles Quotes and Quotations
That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.
Heaven is never deaf but when man's heart is dumb.
Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.
Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act.
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.
The fountain of beauty is the heart, and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber.
If thy daughter marry well, thou hast found a son; if not, thou hast lost a daughter.
Let the greater part of the news thou hearest be the least part of what thou believest.
What treasures here do Mammon's sons behold! Yet know that all that which glitters is not gold.
He that hath no cross deserves no crown.