--- title: "Best Owen Feltham Quotes" description: "Owen Feltham was an English writer, author of a book entitled Resolves, Divine, Moral, and Political, containing 146 short essays. It had great populari..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-owen-feltham-9361.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-owen-feltham-9361.jpg) # Owen Feltham (1601–1668) Writer **73** quotes in **491** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Owen Feltham was a writer, best known for *Resolves*. ## Quick Facts About Owen Feltham Born November 30, 1601 Died February 23, 1668 Profession Writer Notable works Resolves ## About Owen Feltham Owen Feltham was an English writer, author of a book entitled Resolves, Divine, Moral, and Political, containing 146 short essays. It had great popularity in its day. Feltham was for a time in the household of the Earl of Thomond as chaplain or secretary, and published Brief Character of the Low Countries (1652). His most cited essay is "How the Distempers of These Times Should Affect Wise Men", which John Gross included in The Oxford Book of Essays. ## Quotes by Owen Feltham · Page 2 > [Men are like wine,--not good before the lees of clownishness be settled.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/men-are-like-wine-not-good-before-the-lees-of-clownishness-be-settled/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Manners](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/manners/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68d/owen-feltham-9361_manners_men-are-like-wine-not-good-before-the-le_3082127.jpg) > [When two friends part they should lock up one another's secrets, and interchange their keys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/when-two-friends-part-they-should-lock-up-one-another-s-secrets-and/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Friend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/friend/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/095/owen-feltham-9361_friend_when-two-friends-part-they-should-lock-u_2980471.jpg) > [Contemplation is necessary to generate an object, but action must propagate it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/contemplation-is-necessary-to-generate-an-object-but-action-must/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca1/owen-feltham-9361_action_contemplation-is-necessary-to-generate-a_730146.jpg) > [Take heed of a speedy professing friend; love is never lasting which flames before it burns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/take-heed-of-a-speedy-professing-friend-love-is-never-lasting-which/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Fire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da2/owen-feltham-9361_flames_take-heed-of-a-speedy-professing-friend_1466039.jpg) > [By gaming we lose both our time and treasure - two things most precious to the life of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/by-gaming-we-lose-both-our-time-and-treasure-two-things-most-precious/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Betting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/betting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f6/owen-feltham-9361_betting_by-gaming-we-lose-both-our-time-and-trea_2043111.jpg) > [That man is but of the lower part of the world that is not brought up to business and affairs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/that-man-is-but-of-the-lower-part-of-the-world-that-is-not-brought-up/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Affair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d7/owen-feltham-9361_affair_that-man-is-but-of-the-lower-part-of-the_2138055.jpg) > [Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/zeal-without-humanity-is-like-a-ship-without-a-rudder-liable-to-be/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Humanity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humanity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f8/owen-feltham-9361_humanity_zeal-without-humanity-is-like-a-ship-wit_757916.jpg) > [The boundary of man is moderation. When once we pass that pale our guardian angel quits his charge of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/the-boundary-of-man-is-moderation-when-once-we-pass-that-pale-our/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Angel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/614/owen-feltham-9361_angel_the-boundary-of-man-is-moderation-when-o_27646.jpg) > [He that despairs degrades the Deity, and seems to intimate that He is insufficient, or not just to His word; and in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/he-that-despairs-degrades-the-deity-and-seems-to-intimate-that-he-is/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bible/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/119/owen-feltham-9361_bible_he-that-despairs-degrades-the-deity-and_773582.jpg) > [It is a most unhappy state to be at a distance with God: man needs no greater infelicity than to be left…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/it-is-a-most-unhappy-state-to-be-at-a-distance-with-god-man-needs-no/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e39/owen-feltham-9361_distance_it-is-a-most-unhappy-state-to-be-at-a-di_2781418.jpg) > [Time is like a ship which never anchors; while I am on board, I had better do those things that may profit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/time-is-like-a-ship-which-never-anchors-while-i-am-on-board-i-had/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdc/owen-feltham-9361_anchors_time-is-like-a-ship-which-never-anchors_1411061.jpg) > [Meditation is the soul's perspective glass, whereby, in her long remove, she discerneth God, as if He were nearer at hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/meditation-is-the-soul-s-perspective-glass-whereby-in-her-long-remove/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c69/owen-feltham-9361_glasses_meditation-is-the-soul-s-perspective-gla_204634.jpg) > [There is no detraction worse than to overpraise a man, for if his worth proves short of what report doth speak of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/there-is-no-detraction-worse-than-to-overpraise-a-man-for-if-his/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/owen-feltham-9361_action_there-is-no-detraction-worse-than-to-ove_1567173.jpg) > [I love the man that is modestly valiant; that stirs not till he most needs, and then to purpose. A continued patience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/i-love-the-man-that-is-modestly-valiant-that-stirs-not-till-he-most/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7e/owen-feltham-9361_he-man_i-love-the-man-that-is-modestly-valiant_792896.jpg) > [Works without faith are like a fish without water, it wants the element it should live in. A building without a basis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/works-without-faith-are-like-a-fish-without-water-it-wants-the/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff5/owen-feltham-9361_action_works-without-faith-are-like-a-fish-with_1384371.jpg) > [To trust God when we have securities in our iron chest is easy, but not thankworthy; but to depend on him for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/to-trust-god-when-we-have-securities-in-our-iron-chest-is-easy-but/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c1/owen-feltham-9361_acceptable_to-trust-god-when-we-have-securities-in_784139.jpg) > [Any man shall speak the better when he knows what others have said, and sometimes the consciousness of his inward knowledge gives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/any-man-shall-speak-the-better-when-he-knows-what-others-have-said/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Behavior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behavior/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f57/owen-feltham-9361_behavior_any-man-shall-speak-the-better-when-he-k_2535179.jpg) > [Surely, if we considered detraction to be bred of envy, nested only in deficient minds, we should find that the applauding of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/surely-if-we-considered-detraction-to-be-bred-of-envy-nested-only-in/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94b/owen-feltham-9361_character_surely-if-we-considered-detraction-to-be_2184657.jpg) > [When I but hear her sing, I fare Like one that raised, holds his ear To some bright star in the supremest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/when-i-but-hear-her-sing-i-fare-like-one-that-raised-holds-his-ear-to/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Angel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b0/owen-feltham-9361_angel_when-i-but-hear-her-sing-i-fare-like-one_2965250.jpg) > [Human life has not a surer friend, nor oftentimes a greater enemy, than hope. It is the miserable man's god, which in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/human-life-has-not-a-surer-friend-nor-oftentimes-a-greater-enemy-than/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75c/owen-feltham-9361_beam_human-life-has-not-a-surer-friend-nor-of_409790.jpg) > [Irresolution is a worse vice than rashness. He that shoots best may sometimes miss the mark; but he that shoots not at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/irresolution-is-a-worse-vice-than-rashness-he-that-shoots-best-may/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fc/owen-feltham-9361_action_irresolution-is-a-worse-vice-than-rashne_2154457.jpg) > [Arrogance is a weed which grows upon a dunghill; it is from the rankness of the soil that she has her height…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/arrogance-is-a-weed-which-grows-upon-a-dunghill-it-is-from-the/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Arrogance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrogance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c90/owen-feltham-9361_arrogance_arrogance-is-a-weed-which-grows-upon-a-d_1285408.jpg) > [Hope is to a man as a bladder to a learning swimmer--it keeps him from sinking in the bosom of the waves,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/hope-is-to-a-man-as-a-bladder-to-a-learning-swimmer-it-keeps-him-from/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/702/owen-feltham-9361_bladder_hope-is-to-a-man-as-a-bladder-to-a-learn_1682529.jpg) > [To go to law is for two persons to kindle a fire, at their own cost, to warm others and singe themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/to-go-to-law-is-for-two-persons-to-kindle-a-fire-at-their-own-cost-to/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/527/owen-feltham-9361_agree_to-go-to-law-is-for-two-persons-to-kindl_159852.jpg) > [The greatest results in life are usually attained by common sense and perseverance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/the-greatest-results-in-life-are-usually-attained-by-common-sense-and/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/280/owen-feltham-9361_common_the-greatest-results-in-life-are-usually_1433004.jpg) > [Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/perfection-is-immutable-but-for-things-imperfect-change-is-the-way-to/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08a/owen-feltham-9361_change_perfection-is-immutable-but-for-things-i_659463.jpg) > [Negligence is the rust of the soul that corrodes through all her best resolves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/negligence-is-the-rust-of-the-soul-that-corrodes-through-all-her-best/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Negligence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/negligence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/239/owen-feltham-9361_negligence_negligence-is-the-rust-of-the-soul-that_449633.jpg) > [It is rare to see a rich man religious; for religion preaches restraint, and riches prompt to unlicensed freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/it-is-rare-to-see-a-rich-man-religious-for-religion-preaches/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Freedom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c72/owen-feltham-9361_freedom_it-is-rare-to-see-a-rich-man-religious-f_342757.jpg) > [Shall I speak truly what I now see below? The World is all a carkass, smoak and vanity, The shadow of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/shall-i-speak-truly-what-i-now-see-below-the-world-is-all-a-carkass/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Language](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/language/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c57/owen-feltham-9361_language_shall-i-speak-truly-what-i-now-see-below_2857071.jpg) > [Show me the man who would go to heaven alone if he could, and in that man I will show you one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/show-me-the-man-who-would-go-to-heaven-alone-if-he-could-and-in-that/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Bigotry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bigotry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc4/owen-feltham-9361_bigotry_show-me-the-man-who-would-go-to-heaven-a_2704955.jpg) > [Riches, though they may reward virtues, yet they cannot cause them; he is much more noble who deserves a benefit than he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/riches-though-they-may-reward-virtues-yet-they-cannot-cause-them-he/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/751/owen-feltham-9361_benefits_riches-though-they-may-reward-virtues-ye_1204168.jpg) > [All men will be Peters in their bragging tongue, and most men will be Peters in their base denial; but few men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/all-men-will-be-peters-in-their-bragging-tongue-and-most-men-will-be/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7c/owen-feltham-9361_bragging_all-men-will-be-peters-in-their-bragging_1760116.jpg) > [It is much safer to reconcile an enemy than to conquer him; victory may deprive him of his poison, but reconciliation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/it-is-much-safer-to-reconcile-an-enemy-than-to-conquer-him-victory/) [Owen Feltham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/762/owen-feltham-9361_conquer_it-is-much-safer-to-reconcile-an-enemy-t_1775184.jpg) ## Owen Feltham by topic [Men (30)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/owen-feltham/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-feltham/#itemlist", "name": "Owen Feltham Quotes", "numberOfItems": 33, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Men are like wine,--not good before the lees of clownishness be settled.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Owen Feltham" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/men-are-like-wine-not-good-before-the-lees-of-clownishness-be-settled/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68d/owen-feltham-9361_manners_men-are-like-wine-not-good-before-the-le_3082127.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68d/owen-feltham-9361_manners_men-are-like-wine-not-good-before-the-le_3082127.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68d/owen-feltham-9361_manners_men-are-like-wine-not-good-before-the-le_3082127.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Men are like wine,--not good before the lees of clownishness be settled.” — Owen Feltham", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When two friends part they should lock up one another's secrets, and interchange their keys.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Owen Feltham" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/when-two-friends-part-they-should-lock-up-one-another-s-secrets-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/095/owen-feltham-9361_friend_when-two-friends-part-they-should-lock-u_2980471.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/095/owen-feltham-9361_friend_when-two-friends-part-they-should-lock-u_2980471.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/095/owen-feltham-9361_friend_when-two-friends-part-they-should-lock-u_2980471.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When two friends part they should lock up one another's secrets, and interchange their keys.” — Owen Feltham", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Contemplation is necessary to generate an object, but action must propagate it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Owen Feltham" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-feltham/contemplation-is-necessary-to-generate-an-object-but-action-must/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca1/owen-feltham-9361_action_contemplation-is-necessary-to-generate-a_730146.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca1/owen-feltham-9361_action_contemplation-is-necessary-to-generate-a_730146.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca1/owen-feltham-9361_action_contemplation-is-necessary-to-generate-a_730146.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Contemplation is necessary to generate an object, but action must propagate it.” — Owen Feltham", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Take heed of a speedy professing friend; 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