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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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Mites as Zacheus did for half his Estate The Price of that Purchase is what thou hast and is not lost for what thou hast not if thou desire to have it MAX. 31. With the same height of Desire thou hast sinned with the like depth of Sorrow thou must repent thou that hast sinned to day defer not thy Repentance till to morrow He that hath promised thee Pardon to thy Repentance hath not promised Life till thou repent MAX. 32. Take heed how thou receivest Praise from men from good men neither avoid it nor glory in it from evil men neither desire it nor expect it To be praised of them that are evil or for that which is evil is equal Dishonour he is happy in his Worth who is praised by the good and imitated by the bad MAX. 33. Proportion thy Charity to the strength of thy Estate lest God proportion thy Estate to the weakness of thy Charity Let the Lips of the Poor be the Trumpet of thy Gifts lest in seeking applause thou losest thy Reward Nothing is more pleasing to God than an open hand and a close mouth MAX. 34. Dost thou want things necessary Grumble not perchance 't was a necessary thing thou should'st want endeavour lawfully to supply it If God bless not thy Endeavours bless him that knoweth what is fittest for thee thou art God's Patient prescribe not thy Physitian MAX. 35. If another's Death or thy own depend upon thy Confession if thou canst say nothing if thou must say the Truth It is better thou lose thy Life than God his Honour it is as easie for him to give thee Life being condemned as Repentance having sinned It is more Wisdom to yeild thy Body than hazard thy Soul MAX. 36. Cloath not thy Language either with obscurity of affectation in the one thou discoverest too much darkness in the other too much lightness He that speaks from the Understanding to the Understanding is the best Interpreter MAX. 37. If thou expect Death as a Friend prepare to entertain it if thou expect Death as an Enemy prepare to overcome it Death hath no advantage but when it comes a Stranger MAX. 38. Fear nothing but what thy Industry may prevent Be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat It is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived MAX. 39. Let not the necessity of God's Decree discourage thee to pray or dishearten thy Prayers do thou thy Dury and God will do his Pleasure If thy Prayers make not him sound that is sick they will return and confirm thy health that art sound If the end of thy Prayers be to obtain thy Request thou confinest him that is infinite if thou hast done well because thou wert commanded thou hast thy Reward in that thou hast obeyed God's Pleasure in the end of our Prayers MAX. 40. Marry not too young and when thou art too old marry not lest thou be fond in the one and dote in the other and repent for both Let thy Liking ripen before thou love let thy Love advise before thou chuse and let thy Choice be first before thou marry Remember that the whole Happiness of thy Life depends upon this one Act remember that nothing but Death can dissolve this Knot He that weds in haste repents oftentimes by leisure and he that repents him of his own Act either is or was a Fool by Confession MAX. 41. If God hath sent thee a Cross take it up and follow him use it wisely lest it be unprofitable bear it patiently lest it be intollerable behold in it God's Anger against Sin and his Love towards thee in punishing and chastising the other If it be light slight it not if heavy murmur not Not to be sensible of a Judgment is the symptom of a hardned Heart and to be displeased at his Pleasure is a sign of a Rebellious Will MAX. 42. If thou desire to be magnanimous undertake nothing rashly and fear nothing thou undertakest Fear nothing but Infamy dare any thing but Injury The measure of Magnanimity is neither to be rash nor timorous MAX. 43. Practise in Health to bear Sickness and endeavour in the strength of thy life to entertain Death He that hath a Will to dye not having Power to live shews Necessity not Virtue It is the Glory of a brave mind to embrace Pangs in the very Arms of Pleasure What name of Virtue merits he that goes when he is driven MAX. 44. Be not too punctual in taking place If he be thy Superiour 't is his due if thy Inferiour 't is his Dishonour it is thou must honour thy place not thy place thee It is a poor Reward of Worth that consists in a Righthand or a brick Wall MAX. 45. Pray often because thou sinnest always repent quickly lest thou dye suddenly He that repents it because he wants power to act it repents not of a Sin till he forsakes it He that wants power to actuate his Sin hath not forsaken his Sin but his Sin him MAX. 46. Make Philosophy thy Journey Theology thy Journey 's end Philosophy is a pleasant way but dangerous to him that either tires or retires In this Journey it 's safe neither to loyter nor to rest till thou hast attained thy Journey's-End He that sits down a Philosopher rises up an Atheist MAX. 47. Fear not to Sin for God's sake but thy own thy Sin o'erthrows not his Glory but Good He gains his glory not only from the Salvation of the Repentant but also from the confusion of the Rebellious There be Vessels for honour and Vessels for dishonour but both for his honour God is not griev'd for the glory he shall lose for thy Improvidence but for the horror thou shalt find for thy Impenitence MAX. 48. Insult not over Misery nor deride Infirmity nor despise Deformity The first shews thy Inhumanity the second thy Folly the third thy Pride He that made him miserable made thee happy to lament him He that made him weak made thee strong to support him He that made him deformed gave thee favour to be humbled He that is not sensible of another's Unhappiness is a Living Stone but he that makes Misery the object of his triumph is an Incarnate Devil MAX. 49. Make thy Recreations servants to thy business lest thou become slave to thy Recreations when thou go'st up into the Mountain leave this Servant in the Valley when thou goest to the City leave him in the Suburbs and remember the Servant is not greater than his Master MAX. 50. Praise no man too liberally before his face nor censure him too lavishly behind his back The one savours of Flattery the other of Malice and both are Reprehensible The true way to advance another's Virtue is to follow it and the best means to cry down another's Vice is to decline it MAX. 51. If thy Prince command a lawful act give him all active Obedience If
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