If ever I should affect injustice, it would be in this, that I might do courtesies and receive none. — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
Discontents are sometimes the better part of our life. I know not well which is the most useful; joy I may choose… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
Works without faith are like a fish without water, it wants the element it should live in. A building without a basis… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
Surely, if we considered detraction to be bred of envy, nested only in deficient minds, we should find that the applauding of… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
He that, when he should not, spends too much, shall, when he would not, have too little to spend. — 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
When two friends part they should lock up one another's secrets, and interchange their keys. — 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
