Let us not make the poor our friends by our alms, not our enemies by our scorns. We had better have the ears of God full of their prayers, than heaps of money in our own coffers with their curses. — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He is the brewer's agent, the tavern and alehouse benefactor, the beggar's companion, the constable's trouble, his wife's woe, his children's… — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
The Bible is to us what the star was to the wise men; but if we spend all our time in gazing upon it,… — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
The hypocrite, certainly, is a secret atheist; for if he did believe there was a God, he durst not be so bold as to… — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty. — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
The ambitious climb high and perilous stairs, and never care how to come down; the desire of rising hath swallowed up their fear of… — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
Blessed be God, I not only begin praying when I kneel down, but I do not leave off praying when I rise up. — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
A man may be so bold of his predestination, that he forget his conversation. — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
Even the tired horse, when he comes near home, mends pace: be good always, without weariness, but best at last; that the nearer thou… — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
The devil makes his Christmas-pie of lawyers' tongues and clerks' fingers. — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
If thou wilt fly from God, the devil will lend thee both spurs and a horse. — Thomas Adams Copy Share Image
