Francis Quarles Literature Quotations

Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word 'satiety.'

Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.

Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue.

Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.

Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.

It is the lot of man but once to die.

That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.