That man is but of the lower part of the world that is not brought up to business and affairs. — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
By gaming we lose both our time and treasure - two things most precious to the life of man. — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
Men are like wine,--not good before the lees of clownishness be settled. — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
The irresolute man flecks from one egg to another, so hatches nothing. — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
The boundary of man is moderation. When once we pass that pale our guardian angel quits his charge of us. — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
It is rare to see a rich man religious; for religion preaches restraint, and riches prompt to unlicensed freedom. — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
All men will be Peters in their bragging tongue, and most men will be Peters in their base denial; but few men… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
Show me the man who would go to heaven alone if he could, and in that man I will show you one… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
There is no detraction worse than to overpraise a man, for if his worth proves short of what report doth speak of… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
To trust God when we have securities in our iron chest is easy, but not thankworthy; but to depend on him for… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
I love the man that is modestly valiant; that stirs not till he most needs, and then to purpose. A continued patience… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
We pick our own sorrows out of the joys of other men, and from their sorrows likewise we derive our joys. — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
Human life has not a surer friend, nor oftentimes a greater enemy, than hope. It is the miserable man's god, which in… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
Irresolution is a worse vice than rashness. He that shoots best may sometimes miss the mark; but he that shoots not at… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
Any man shall speak the better when he knows what others have said, and sometimes the consciousness of his inward knowledge gives… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
Fear, if it be not immoderate, puts a guard about us that does watch and defend us; but credulity keeps us naked,… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
Some are so uncharitable as to think all women bad, and others are so credulous as to believe they are all good.… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
There is no man but for his own interest hath an obligation to be honest. There may be sometimes temptations to be… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
For converse among men, beautiful persons have less need of the mind's commending qualities. Beauty in itself is such a silent orator,… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
Hope is to a man as a bladder to a learning swimmer--it keeps him from sinking in the bosom of the waves,… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
Of all trees, I observe God hath chosen the vine, a low plant that creeps upon the helpful wall; of all beasts,… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
No man can expect to find a friend without faults; nor can he propose himself to be so to another. Without reciprocal… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
It is a most unhappy state to be at a distance with God: man needs no greater infelicity than to be left… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
He that despairs degrades the Deity, and seems to intimate that He is insufficient, or not just to His word; and in… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
A sentence well couched takes both the sense and understanding. I love not those cart-rope speeches that are longer than the memory… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
He that always waits upon God is ready whenever He calls. Neglect not to set your accounts even; he is a happy… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
Every man should study conciseness in speaking; it is a sign of ignorance not to know that long speeches, though they may… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
Praise has different effects, according to the mind it meets with; it makes a wise man modest, but a fool more arrogant,… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
The boundary of man is moderation. When once we pass that pale our guardian angel quits his charge of us. — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
Of all trees, I observe God hath chosen the vine, a low plant that creeps upon the helpful wall; of all beasts, the soft… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
To go to law is for two persons to kindle a fire, at their own cost, to warm others and singe themselves to cinders;… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
Fear, if it be not immoderate, puts a guard about us that does watch and defend us; but credulity keeps us naked, and lays… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
Meditation is the soul's perspective glass, whereby, in her long remove, she discerneth God, as if He were nearer at hand. — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
Truth and fidelity are the pillars of the temple of the world; when these are broken, the fabric falls, and crushes all to pieces. — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
Promises may get friends, but it is performance that must nurse and keep them. — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
It is rare to see a rich man religious; for religion preaches restraint, and riches prompt to unlicensed freedom. — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
