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Wisdom's better than money: or, The whole art of knowledge and the art to know men. In four hundred sentencious essays, political and moral. Written by a late person of quality; and left as a legacy to his son.
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Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.
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her Scoffs thou shalt have double honour if overcome double shame He is unworthy of a good Master that is ashamed of a bad Livery MAX. 69. Let not the falling of a Salt or the crossing of a Hare or the crying of a Cricket trouble thee They portend no evil but what thou fearest He is ill acquainted with himself that knows not his own Fortunes better than they If evil follow it it is the Punishment of thy Superstition not the fulfilling of their Portent All things are lucky to thee if thou wilt nothing but is ominous to the Superstitious MAX. 70. So behave thy self in thy course of Life as at a Banquet Take what is offered with modest Thankfulness and expect what is not as yet offered with hopeful Patience Let not thy rude Appetite press thee nor a slight carefulness indispose thee nor a sullen discontent deject thee Who desires more than enough hath too much and he that is satisfied with a little hath no less than enough MAX. 71. Is thy Child dead He is restored not lost Is thy Treasure stoln It is not lost it is restored He is an ill Debtor that counts Repayment loss but it was an ill chance that took thy Child and a wicked hand that stole thy Treasure What is that to thee It matters not by whom he requires the things from whom he lent them what Goods are ours by Loan are not lost when willingly restored but when unworthily received MAX. 72. Censure no man detract from no man praise no man before his Face traduce no man behind his back Boast not thy self abroad nor flatter thy self at home If any thing cross thee accuse thy self if any extol thee humble thy self Honour those that instruct thee and be thankful to those that reprehend thee Let all thy Desires be subjected to Reason and let thy Reason be corrected By Religion Weigh thy self by thy own Ballances and trust not the Voice of wild Opinion Observe thy self as thy greatest Enemy so shalt thou become thy greatest Friend MAX. 73. Endeavour to make thy discourse such as may administer Profit to thy self or Standers by lest thou incur the danger of an idle Word Above all Subjects avoid all those that are scurrilous and obscene Tales that are impertinent and improbable and Dreams MAX. 74. If God hath blest thee with a Son bless thou that Son with a lawful Calling chuse such Employment as may stand with his Fancy and thy Judgment if his Country claims his Ability towards the building of her Honour if he cannot bring a Cedar let him bring a Shrub He that brings nothing usurps his Life and robs his Country of a Servant MAX. 75. At thy first Entrance into thy Estate keep a low Sail thou must rise with Honour thou canst not decline without Shame He that begins as his Father ended shall end as his Father begun MAX. 76. If any obscene Tale should chance to slip into thine Ears among the Varieties of Discourse if opportunity admit reprove it if otherwise let thy Silence or change of Countenance interpret thy dislike The smiling Ear is Bawd to the lascivious Tongue MAX. 77. Be more circumspect over the Works of thy Brain than the Actions of thy Body these have Infirmity to plead for them but they must stand upon their own bottoms these are but the Objects of few they of all these will have Equals to defend them they have Inferiours to envy them Superiours to deride them all to censure them It is no less danger for these to be proclaimed at Paul's-Cross than for them to be protested in Paul's Church-yard MAX. 78. Use Common-Place-books or Collections as Indexes to light thee to the Authors lest thou be abused He that takes Learning upon Trust makes him a fair Cupboard with another's Plate he is an ill advised Purchaser whose Title depends more on Witnesses than Evidences MAX. 79. If thou desire to make the best advantage of the Muses either by reading to benefit thy self or by writing others keep a peaceful Soul within a temperate Body A full Belly makes a dull Brain and a turbulent Spirit a distracted Judgment ' The Muses starve in a Cook 's Shop and a Lawyer 's Study MAX. 80. When thou communicatest thy self by Letters heighten or depress thy Stile according to the Quality of the Person and Business that which thy tongue would present to any if present let thy pen represent to him absent The Tongue is the Mind's Interpreter and the Pen is the Tongue 's Secretary MAX. 81. Keep thy Soul in exercise lest her Faculties rust for want of Motion to eat sleep or sport too long stops the natural course of her natural actions To dwell too long in the Employments of the Body is both the Cause and Sign of a dull Spirit MAX. 82. Be very circumspect to whose Tuition thou committest thy Child every good Scholar is not a good Master He must be a man of invincible Patience and singular Observation He must study Children that will teach them well and Reason must rule him that would rule wisely he must not take advantage of an ignorant Father nor give too much ear to an indulgent Grandmother The common Good must outweigh his private Gains and his Credit must out-bid Gratuities He must be diligent and sober not too familiar nor too reserv'd neither amorous nor phantastick just without fierceness merciful without fondness If such an one thou meet with thou hast found a Treasure which if thou know'st how to value is invaluable MAX. 83. Let not thy Laughter handsel thy own Jest lest whil'st thou laugh at it others laugh at thee neither tell it often to the same Hearers lest thou be thought forgetful or barren There is no Sweetness in a Cabbage twice sodd or a Tale twice told MAX. 84. If Opinion hath lighted the Lamp of thy name endeavour to encourage it with thine own Oyle lest it go out and stink The Chronical Disease of Popularity is Shame If thou be once up beware from Fame to Infamy is a beaten Road. MAX. 85. Cleanse thy Morning Soul with private and due Devotion Till then admit no business the first born of thy Thoughts are God's and not thine but by Sacrilege Think thy self not ready till thou hast praised him and he will be always ready to bless thee MAX. 86. In all thy actions think God sees thee and in all his actions labour to see him that will make thee fear him this will move thee to love him The Fear of God is the beginning of Knowledge and the Knowledge of God is the Perfection of Love MAX. 87. Let not the Expectation of a Reversion entice thy heart to the wish of a Possessor's Death lest a Judgment meet thee in thy Expectation or a Curse overtake thee in thy fruition Every wish makes the a murtherer and moves God to be an accessary God often lengthens the Life of the Possessor with the days of the Expector MAX. 88. Prize not
three sorts of Governments Monarchical Aristocratical Democratical and they are apt to fall three several ways into Ruine the first by Tyranny the second by Ambition the last by Tumults A Commonwealth grounded upon any one of these is not of long continuance but wisely mingled each guard the other and make the Government exact MAX. 7. Let not the Proceedings of a Captain though never so commendable be confined As the Times alter so must they if these vary and not they Ruine is at hand He least fails in his Design that meets Time in its own way and he that observes not the Alteration of the Times shall never be a Conqueror He is a wise Commander and only he that can discover the Change of Times and changes his Proceedings according to the Times MAX. 8. If thou desire to make War with a Prince with whom thou hast formerly ratified a League assail some of his Allies rather than himself if he resent it and come or send in then thou hast a fair Gale to thy Desires If not his Infidelity in not assisting his Allie will be discovered Hereby thou shalt gain thy self Advantage and facilitate thy Designs MAX. 9. Before thou undertakest a War let thine Eye number thy Forces and let thy Judgment weigh them If thou hast a rich Enemy no matter how poor thy Soldiers be if couragious and faithful Trust not too much the Power of thy Treasure for it will deceive thee being more apt to expose thee for a Prey than to defend thee Gold is not able to find good Soldiers but good Soldiers are able to find out Gold MAX. 10. If the Territories of thy equal Enemy are situated far South from thee the advantage is thine whether he make Offensive or Defensive War If North the advantage is his Cold is less tolerable than Heat this is a Friend to Nature that an Enemy MAX. 11. It is not only uncivil but dangerous for Soldiers by reproachful Words to throw disgrace upon their Enemy Base Terms are Bellows to a slacking Fury and Goads to quicken up Revenge in a fleeing Foe He that objects Cowardice against a failing Enemy adds Spirit to him to disprove the Aspersion at his own Cost It is therefore the part of a wise Soldier to refrain it or of a wise Commander to punish it MAX. 12. It is better for 2 weak Kingdoms rather to compound an Injury tho' to some loss than seek for Satisfaction by the Sword lest while they 2 weaken themselves by mutual blows a third decide the Controversy to both their Ruines When the Frog and the Mouse could not take up the Quarrel the Kite was Umpire MAX. 13. Let that Commonwealth which desires to flourish be very strict both in her Punishments and Rewards according to the Merits of Subjects and Offence of the Delinquents Let the Service of the Deserver be rewarded lest thou discourage Worth and let the Crime of the Offender be punished lest thou encourage Vice The neglect of the one weakens a Commonwealth the omission of both ruines it MAX. 14. It is Wisdom for him that sits at the Helm of a settled State to demean himself toward his Subjects at all times so that upon any evil Accident they may be ready to serve his Occasion He that is only Gracious at the approach of a danger will be in danger when he expects Deliverance MAX. 15. In all Designs which require not sudden execution take mature Deliberation and weigh the convenients with the inconvenients and then resolve after which neither delay the execution nor betray thy Intention He that discovers himself till he hath made himself Master of his Desires lays himself open to his own Ruine and makes himself Prisoner to his own Tongue MAX. 16. Liberality in a Prince is no Virtue when maintained at the Subject's unwilling cost It is less reproach by Miserableness to deserve the popular Love than by Liberality to deserve private Thanks MAX. 17. It is the Excellent Property of a good and wise Prince to use War as he doth Physick Carefully Unwillingly and Seasonably either to prevent approaching Dangers or to correct a present Mischief or to recover a former Loss He that declines Physick till he be accosted with the Danger or weakned with the Disease is bold too long and wise too late That Peace is too precise that limits the Justness of a War to a Sword drawn or a blow given MAX. 18. Let a Prince that would beware of Conspiracies be rather jealous of such whom his Extraordinary Favours have advanced than of those whom his Pleasure hath discontented These want means to execute their pleasures but they have means at pleasure to Execute their desires Ambition to Rule is more vehement than Malice to Revenge MAX. 19. Before thou undertake a War cast an Imperial Eye upon the Cause If it be Just prepare thy Army and let them all know they fight for God and thee It adds fire to the Spirit of a Soldier to be assured that he shall either prosper in a fair War or perish in a Just Cause MAX. 20. If thou desire to know the Power of a State observe in what Correspondence it lives with her Neighbouring State If she make Alliance with the Contribution of Money it is an evident sign of Weakness If with her Valour and repute of her forces it manifests a Native Strength It is an unfallible sign of Power to sell Friendship and of weakness to buy it That is bought with Gold will hardly be maintained with Steel MAX. 21. In the Calms of Peace it is most requisite for a Prince to prepare against the Storms of War both Theorically in reading Heroick Histories and Practically in maintaining Martial Discipline Above all things let him avoid Idleness as the bane of Honour which in Peace Indisposes the Body and in War Effeminates the Soul He that would be in War Victorious must be in Peace Laborious MAX. 22. If thy two Neighbouring Princes fall out shew thy self either a true Friend or a fair Enemy It is indiscretion to adhere to him whom thou hast least cause to fear if he Vanquish Neutrality is dangerous whereby thou becomest a necessary Prey to the Conqueror MAX. 23. It is a great argument of a Prince's Wisdom not only to chuse but also to prefer Wise Counsellors and such are they that seek less their own advantages than his whom Wise Princes ought to reward lest they become their own Carvers and so of good Servants turn bad Masters MAX. 24. It much conduces to the dishonour of a King and the Ill-fare of his Kingdom to Multiply Nobility in an over proportion to the Common People Cheap Honour darkens Majesty and a Numerous Nobility brings a State to Necessity MAX. 25. It is very dangerous to try Experiments in a State unless extreme Necessity be Urgent or popular Utility be palpable It is better for a State to Connive a while at any Inconveencies than too suddenly to Rush upon a