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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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and the Author's Fool. MAX. 86. Doubt is a weak Child lawfully begotten between an obstructed Judgment and a fair Understanding Opinion is a bold Bastard gotten between a strong Fancy and a weak Judgment It is less dishonourable to be ingeniously doubtful than rashly opinionate MAX. 87. As thou art a moral man esteem thy self not as thou art but as thou art esteemed As thou art a Christian esteem thy self as thou art not as thou art esteemed Thy Price in both rises and falls as the market goes the market of a moral man is wild Opinion the market of a Christian is a good Conscience MAX. 88. Providence is an Exercise of Reason Experience an Act of Sense by how much Reason excels Sense by so much Providence exceeds Experience Providence prevents that Danger which Ezperience repents Providence is the Rational Daughter of Wisdom Experience the Empirical mistress of Fools MAX. 89. Hath fortune dealt thee ill Cards let Wisdom make thee a good Gamester in a fair Gale every Fool may sail but wise behaviour in a Storm commends the wisdom of a Pilate to bear adversity with an equal mind is both the sign and glory of a brave Spirit MAX. 90. If any speak ill of thee 〈◊〉 home to thy own Conscience and examine thy heart if thou be guilty 't is a just Correction if not guilty 't is a fair Instruction make use of both so shalt thou distill Honey out of Gall and out of an open Enemy create a secret Friend MAX. 91. As the exercise of the body Natural is moderate Recreation so the exercise of the body Politick is Military-Discipline by that the one is made more able by this the other is made more active where both are wanting there wants no danger to the one through a humorous supply to the other by a Negligent security MAX. 92. God is above thee Beasts are beneath thee acknowledge him that is above thee and thou shalt be acknowledged by them that are under thee whilst Daniel acknowledge God to be above him the Lyons acknowledge God to be above them MAX. 93. Take heed whilst thou shewest Wisdom in not speaking thou betrayest not thy own Folly in too long silence if thou art a Fool thy silence is Wisdom if a Wise man too long silence is Folly As too many words from a Fool 's mouth gives a Wise man no leave to speak so too long silence in a Wise man gives a Fool the opportunity of speaking and makes thee guilty of his Folly MAX. 94. Consider what thou wert what thou art what thou shalt be what is within thee what is above thee what beneath thee what is against thee what was before thee what shall be after thee and this will bring to thy self Humility to thy Neighbour Charity to the World Contempt to thy God Obedience He that knows not himself positively cannot know himself relatively MAX. 95. Think not thy love to God merits God's love to thee his acceptance of thy Duty crowns his own Gifts in thee Man's love to God is nothing but a faint reflection of God's love to man MAX. 96. Be always less willing to speak than to hear what thou hearest thou receivest what thou speakest thou givest It is more glorious to give more profitable to receive MAX. 97. Seest thou good days prepare for evil times no Summer but hath its Winter He never reapt Comfort in adversity that sow'd it not in prosperity MAX. 98. If being a Magistrate thou connivest at Vice thou nourishest it if thou sparest it thou committest it what is not by thee punished in others is made punishable in thee he that favours present Evils entails them upon his Posterity he that excuseth the Guilty condemns the Innocent MAX. 99. Truth haunts no Corners seeks no by-ways if thou profess it do it openly if thou feek it do it fairly he deserves not to profess Truth that professeth it fearfully he deserves not to find the Truth that seeks it fraudulently MAX. 100. If thou desire to be wiser yet think not thy self yet wise enough and if thou desire to improve knowledge in thy self despise not the Instructions of another He that Instructs him that thinks himself wise enough hath a Fool to his Scholar he that thinks himself wise enough to Instruct himself hath a Fool to his Master The End of the Third Century INSTITUTIONS AND MAXIMS Moral and Divine c. CENT IV. MAXIM 1. DEmean thy self more warily in thy Study than in the Street if thy publick actions have an hundred witnesses thy private have a thousand the Multitude look but upon thy actions thy Conscience looks into them the Multitude may chance to excuse thee if not acquit thee thy Conscience will accuse thee if not Condemn thee MAX. 2. Of all Vices take heed of Drunkenness other Vices are but fruits of disorder'd affections this disorders nay banisheth Reason other Vices but impair the Soul this demolisheth her two chief Faculties the Understanding and the Will other Vices makes their own way this makes way for all Vices He that is a Drunkard is qualify'd for all Vice MAX. 3. If thy Sin trouble thee let that trouble comfort thee as pleasure in the Remembrance of Sin exasperates Justice so sorrow in the Repentance of Sin mollifies Mercy It is less danger to Commit the Sin we delight in than to delight in the Sin we have Committed and more Joy is promised to Repentance than to Innocency MAX. 4. The way to God is by thy self the way to thy self is by thy own Corruptions he that baulks this way errs he that travels by the Creatures wanders the motion of the Heavens shall give thy soul no rest the virtue of Herbs shall not encrease thine the height of all Philosophy both Natural and Moral is to know thy self and the end of this Knowledge is to know God MAX. 5. Infamy is where it is received if thou art a Mud-wall it will stick if Marble it will rebound if thou storm at it 't is thine if thou contemn it 't is his MAX. 6. If thou desire Magistracy learn to forget thy self If thou undertake it bid thy self farewel He that looks upon a Common Cause with private Eyes looks through false Glasses In the exercise of thy Politique Office thou must forget both Ethicks and Oeconomicks He that puts on a publick Gown must put off a private Person MAX. 7. Let the words of a Virgin though in a good Cause and to as good purpose be neither violent many nor first nor last it is less shame for a Virgin to be lost in a blushing silence than to be found in a bold Eloquence MAX. 8. Art thou in Plenty give what thou wilt art thou in Poverty give what thou canst as what is received is received according to the manner of the Receiver so what is given is priz'd according to the measure of the Giver He is a good work-man that makes as good Work as his matter will permit MAX. 9.
he command an Unlawful act give Passive Obedience What thy well-grounded Conscience will suffer do cheerfully without repining where thou may'st not do Lawfully suffer couragiously without Rebellion Thy Life and Livelihood is thy Prince's thy Conscience is thy own MAX. 52. If thou givest to receive the like it is Exchange If to receive more 't is covetousness If to receive thanks it is Vanity If to be seen 't is Vain-Glory If to corrupt 't is Bribery If for Example 't is Formality If for Compassion 't is Charity If because thou art Commanded 't is Obedience The affection in doing the work gives a name to the work done MAX. 53. Fear Death but be not afraid of Death To fear it whets thy Expectation to be afraid of it dulls thy Preparation If thou canst endure it it is but a flight pain if not 't is but a short pain To fear Death is the way to Live long To be afraid of Death is to be long a Dying MAX. 54. If thou desire the love of God and Man be humble for the proud heart as it loves none but it self so it is beloved of none but by it self The Voice of humility is God's Rhetorick Humility enforces where neither Virtue nor Strength nor Reason can prevail MAX. 55. Look upon thy burning Taper and there see the Emblem of thy Life The flame is thy Soul the Wax thy Body and is commonly a span long the Wax if never so well temper'd can but last his length and who can lengthen it If ill temper'd it shall waste the the faster yet last his length an open Window shall hasten either an Extinguisher shall put out both Husband them the best thou canst thou canst not lengthen them beyond their date Leave them to the injury of the Wind or to the mercy of a wastful hand thou hastnest them but still they burn their length But puff them out and thou hast shortned them and stop'd their passage which else had brought them to their appointed End Bodies according to their Constitutions stronger or weaker acoording to the equality or inequality of their Elements have their dates and may be preserved from shortning but not lengthned Neglect may waste them ill Diet may hasten them to their Journey 's End yet they have lived their length a violent hand may interrupt them a sudden death may stop them and they are shortned It lies in the power of Man either permissively to hasten or actively to shorten but not to lengthen or extend the Limits of his Natural Life He only if any hath the art to lengthen out his Taper that puts it to the best advantage MAX. 56. Demean thy self in the presence of thy Prince with reverence and chearfulness That without this is too much sadness this without that is too much boldness Let thy Wisdom endeavour to gain his opinion and labour to make thy Loyalty his Confidence Let him not find thee false in Words unjust in thy Actions unseasonable in thy Suits nor careless in his Service Cross not his passion Question not his pleasures Press not into his secrets Pry not in his prerogative Displease him not lest he be angry appear not displeased lest he be jealous The anger of a King is implacable The Jealousie of a Prince is Incurable MAX. 57. Give thy heart to thy Creator and reverence thy Superiors Give diligence to thy Calling and ear to good Counsel Give alms to the Poor and the Glory to God Forgive him that ignorantly offends thee and him that wittingly offended thee seeks thee Forgive him that hath forcibly abused thoe and him that hath fraudulently betray'd thee Forgive all thine Enemies but least of all thy self Give and it shall be given to thee Forgive and it shall be Forgiven thee the sum of all Christianity is Give and Forgive MAX. 58. Be not too great a Niggard in the Commendations of him that professes thy own Quality If he deserves thy praise thou hast discovered thy Judgment If not thy Modesty Honour either returns or reflects to the Giver MAX. 59. If thou desire to raise thy Fortunes Encourage thy delights to the casts of Fortune be wise betimes lest thou repent too late what thou gettest thou gainest by abused Providence what thou losest thou losest by abused Patience what thou winnest is prodigally spent what thou losest is prodigally lost It is an Evil trade that prodigally drives and a bad Voyage where the Pilot is blind MAX. 60. Be very wary for whom thou becomest Security and for no more than thou art able to discharge if thou lovest thy Liberty The Borrower is a Slave to the Lender the Security is a Slave to both whilst the Borrower and Lender are both eased the Security bears both their burthens He is a Wise Security that recovers himself MAX. 61. Look upon thy Affliction as thou dost upon thy Physick both imply a Disease and both are applied for a Cure that of the Body this of the Soul If they work they promise health if not they threaten death He is not happy that is not Afflicted but he that finds happiness by his Affliction MAX. 62. If the knowledge of good whet thy desire to good it is a happy knowledge If by thy ignorance of Evil thou art surpriz'd with Evil it is an unhappy Ignorance Happy is he that hath so much Knowledge of Good as to desire it and but so much Knowledge of Evil as to fear it MAX. 63. When the Flesh presents thee with delights then present thy self with dangers Where the World possesses thee with vain Hopes there possess thy self with true Fear When the Devil brings thee Oil bring thou Vinegar The way to be safe is never to be secure MAX. 64. If thy Brother hath offended thee forgive him freely and be reconciled To do Evil for Evil is humane Corruption to do Good for Good is civil Retribution To do Good for Evil is Christian perfection the Act of Forgiveness is God's Precept the manner of Forgiveness is God's President MAX. 65. Reverence the Writings of Holy Men but lodge not thy Faith upon them because but Men They are good Pools but no Fountains Build on Paul himself no longer than he builds on Christ If Peter renounce his Master renounce Peter The word of Man may convince Reason but the word of God alone can compel Conscience MAX. 66. In Civil things follow the most in matters of Religion the fewest in all things follow the best so shall thy ways be pleasing to God so shall thy behaviour be plausible with Men. MAX. 67. If any loss or misery hath befallen to thy Brother dissemble it to thy self and what Counsel thou givest him Register carefully and when the case is thine follow it so shall thine own Reason convince thy Passion or thy Passion confess her own Unreasonableness MAX. 68. When thou goest about to change thy Moral Liberty into a Christian Servitude prepare thy self to be the world's laughing stock if thou overcome