The way to subject all things to thyself is to subject thyself to reason; thou shalt govern many, if reason govern thee.… — Francis Quarles All things Copy Share Image
Yet, sluggard, wake, and gull thy soul no more With earth's false pleasures, and the world's delight, Whose fruit is fair and… — Francis Quarles Boast Copy Share Image
Even as the needle that directs the hour, (Touched with the loadstone) by the secret power Of hidden Nature, points upon the… — Francis Quarles Earth Copy Share Image
Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, how to be free from it, that's the… — Francis Quarles Action Copy Share Image
If thou desire to purchase honor with thy wealth, consider first how that wealth became thine; if thy labor got it, let… — Francis Quarles Character Copy Share Image
He that hath promised pardon on our repentance hat not promised life till we repent. — Francis Quarles Forgiveness Copy Share Image
Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester. — Francis Quarles Cards Copy Share Image
The goods we spend we keep; and what we save We lose; and only what we lose we have. — Francis Quarles Goods Copy Share Image
What money creates, money preserves: if thy wealth decays, thy honor dies; it is but a slippery happiness which fortunes can give,… — Francis Quarles Decay Copy Share Image
If thou seest anything in thyself which may make thee proud, look a little further and thou shalt find enough to humble… — Francis Quarles Being wise Copy Share Image
Hath any wronged thee? be bravely revenged; slight it, and the work is begun; forgive it, and it is finished; he is… — Francis Quarles Finished Copy Share Image
The slender debt to Nature's quickly paid,Discharged, perchance, with greater ease than made. — Francis Quarles Debt Copy Share Image
Pleasures bring effeminacy, and effeminacy foreruns ruin; such conquests, without blood or sweat, sufficiently do revenge themselves upon their intemperate conquerors. — Francis Quarles Blood Copy Share Image
The birds of the air die to sustain thee; the beasts of the field die to nourish thee; the fishes of the… — Francis Quarles Air Copy Share Image
Flatter not thyself in thy faith to God, if thou wantest charity for thy neighbor; and think not thou halt charity for… — Francis Quarles Charity Copy Share Image
Be very vigilant over thy child in the April of his understanding, lest the frost of May nip his blossoms. While he… — Francis Quarles April Copy Share Image
The worldly wisdom of the foolish man Is like a sieve, that does alone retain The grosser substance of the worthless bran:… — Francis Quarles Art Copy Share Image
We sack, we ransack to the utmost sands Of native kingdoms, and of foreign lands: We travel sea and soil; we pry,… — Francis Quarles Foreign lands Copy Share Image
Lust is a sharp spur to vice, which always putteth the affections into a false gallop. — Francis Quarles Affection Copy Share Image
Let the foundation of thy affection be virtue, then make the building as rich as glorious as thou canst; if the foundation… — Francis Quarles Affection Copy Share Image
Lust is an immoderate wantonness of the flesh, a sweet poison, a cruel pestilence; a pernicious poison, which weakeneth the body of… — Francis Quarles Body Copy Share Image
