Francis Quarles Quotes
"Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger."
- Francis Quarles
(Related: Fear, Danger)
"I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing."
- Francis Quarles
(Related: Pleasure, Reading, Writing)
"Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue."
- Francis Quarles
(Related: Heaven, Tongue)
"He that hath no cross deserves no crown."
- Francis Quarles
"Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester."
- Francis Quarles
(Related: Wisdom, Cards, Fortune)
"Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat; it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived."
- Francis Quarles
(Related: Fear, Possibility, Defeat, Folly, Fortune, May, Nothing)
"Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise."
- Francis Quarles
"Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is hatred, the continuance of hatred turns malice."
- Francis Quarles
(Related: Anger, Hatred, Malice, May, Night)
"And he repents in thorns that sleeps in beds of roses."
- Francis Quarles
(Related: Beds, Roses)
"Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor."
- Francis Quarles
(Related: Faith, God, Charity)
"The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient."
- Francis Quarles
(Related: Merit)
"It is the lot of man but once to die."
- Francis Quarles
(Related: Man)
"If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail."
- Francis Quarles
(Related: Love, God, Heart, Strength, Virtue, Desire, Humility, Man, Reason)
"Wickedness is its own punishment."
- Francis Quarles
(Related: Punishment, Wickedness)
"The road to perseverance lies by doubt."
- Francis Quarles
(Related: Perseverance, Doubt, Lies, Road)
"The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it."
- Francis Quarles
(Related: Heart, World)
"The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were."
- Francis Quarles
"That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end."
- Francis Quarles
(Related: Friendship, Will)
"Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest."
- Francis Quarles
(Related: Clothes, Labor, Rest)
"No cross no crown."
- Francis Quarles
"Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune."
- Francis Quarles
(Related: Fear, Action, Favorite, Fortune, Necessity, Resolution)
"My mind's my kingdom."
- Francis Quarles
(Related: Mind)
"Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word "satiety.""
- Francis Quarles
(Related: Heart, Prudence, Temper, Word)
"Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains."
- Francis Quarles
(Related: Wisdom)
"Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation. and honor the reward of action."
- Francis Quarles
(Related: Life, Soul, Action, Honor, Meditation, Reward)
"Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail."
- Francis Quarles
(Related: Heart, Luxury, Mirth, Pleasure)