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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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thou hast the place of a Magistrate deserve it by thy Justice and dignifie it with thy Mercy Take heed of early Gifts an open hand makes a blind Eye Be not more apt to punish Vice than to encourage Virtue be not too severe lest thou be hated nor too remiss lest thou be slighted So cute Justice that thou may'st be loved so execute Mercy that thou may'st be feared MAX. 66. Let not thy Table exceed the fourth part of thy Revenue let thy Provision be solid and not far fetch'd fuller of Substance than Art Be wisely frugal in thy Preparation and freely cheerful in thy Entertainment If thy Guest be right it is enough if not it is too much Too much is a Vanity enough is a Feast MAX. 67. Let thy Apparel be decent and suited to the Quality of thy place and purse Too much punctuality and too much morosity are the two Poles of Pride Be neither too early in the Fashion nor too long out of it nor too precisely in it what Custom hath civilized is become decent till then ridiculous Where thy Eye is the Jury thy Apparel is the Evidence MAX. 68. If thy Words be too luxuriant confine them lest they confine thee He that thinks he never can speak enough may easily speak too much a full Tongue and an empty Brain are seldom parted MAX. 69. In holding of an Argument be neither cholerick nor too opinionate the one distempers thy Understanding the other abuseth thy Judgment Above all things decline Paradoxes and Mysteries Thou shalt receive no Honour either in maintaining rank Falshoods or medling with secret Truths As he that pleads against the Truth makes Wit the Mother of his Error so he that argues beyond Warrant makes Wisdom the Midwife of his Folly MAX. 70. Detain not the Wages from the poor man that hath earn'd it lest God withold thy Wages from thee If he complain to thee hear him lest he complain to Heaven where he will be heard if he hunger for thy sake thou shalt not prosper for his sake The poor man's Peny is a Plague in the rich man's Purse MAX. 71. Be not too cautious in discerning the fit Objects of thy Charity lest a Soul perish through thy Discretion What thou givest to mistaken Want shall return a Blessing to thy deceived Heart better in relieving Idleness to commit an accidental Evil than in neglecting Misery to omit an essential Good better two Drones be preserv'd than one Bee perish MAX. 72. Theology is the Empress of the World Mysteries are her Privy Council Religion is her Clergy the Arts are her Nobility Philosophy her Secretary the Graces her Maids of Honour the moral Virtues the Ladies of her Bedchamber Peace her Chamberlain true Joy and endless Pleasures are her Courtiers Plenty her Treasurer Poverty her Exchequer the Temple is her Court If thou desire access to this great Majesty the way is by her Courtiers if thou hast not Power there the common way to the Sovereign is by the Secretary MAX. 73. It is an evil Knowledge to know the Good thou should'st embrace unless thou likewise embrace the Good thou knowest The Breath of Divine Knowledge is the B llows of Divine Love and the Flame of Divine Love is the Perfection of Divine Knowledge MAX. 74. If thou desire Rest unto thy Soul be just he that doth no Injury fears not to suffer Injury The unjust mind is always in Labour it either practiseth the Evil it hath projected or projects to avoid the Evil it hath deserved MAX. 75. Accustom thy self to what is most usual He that delights in Rarities must often feed displeased and sometimes lye at the mercy of a dear market common food nourisheth best Delicates please most the sound Stomack prefers neither what art thou the worse for the last year's plain Diet or what now the better for the last great Feast MAX. 76. Whoever thou art thou hast done more evil in one day than thou canst expiate in six and canst thou think the evil of six days can require less than one God hath made us rich in days by allowing six and himself poor by reserving but one and shall we spare our own Flock and sheer his Lamb He that hath done nothing but what he can justifie in the six days may play the seventh MAX. 77. Hope and Fear like Hypocrates's Twins should live and dye together if Hope departs from Fear it travels by Security and lodgeth in Presumption if Fear depart from Hope it travels to Infidelity and Inns in Despair the one shuts up Heaven the other opens Hell the one makes thee insensible of God's Frowns the other incapable of God's Favour and both teach God to be unmerciful and thee to be most miserable MAX. 78. Close thine ear against him that shall open his mouth secretly against another if thou recieve not his words they fly back and wound the Reporter if thou receive them they fly forward and wound the Receiver MAX. 79. If thou would'st preserve a sound Body use fasting and walking if a healthful Soul Fasting and praying walking exerciseth the Body praying exerciseth the Soul fasting cleanseth both MAX. 80. Wouldest thou not be thought a Fool in another's Conceit be not wise in thine own he that trusts in his own Wisdom proclaims his own Folly He is truly wise and shall appear so that hath Folly enough to be thought not worldly wise or Wisdom enough to see his own Folly MAX. 81. Desirest thou Knowledge Know the end of thy desire Is it only to know then it is Curiosity is it because thou mayst be known then 't is Vanity if because thou mayst edifie then 't is Charity if because thou mayst be edified it is Wisdom That Knowledge turns to mere Excrement that hath not some heat of Wisdom to digest it MAX. 82. Wisdom without Innocency is Knavery Innocency without Wisdom is Foolery be therefore wise as Serpents and innocent as Doves The Subtilty of the Serpent instructs the Innocency of the Dove the Innocency of the Dove corrects the Subtilty of the Serpent What God hath joyned together let no man separate MAX. 83. The more thou imitatest the Virtues of a Saint departed the better thou celebratest the Saint's day God is not pleased with surfeiting for his sake who with his Fasting so often pleased his God MAX. 84. Chuse not thy serviceable Soldier out of soft Apparel lest he prove effeminate nor out of a full Purse lest he grow amorous They are more fit for action that are fiery to gain a fortune abroad than they that have Fortunes to lose at home Expectation breeds Spirit Fruition brings Fear MAX. 85. God hath given to Mankind a common Library his Creatures and to every man a proper Book himself being an abridgement of all the others If thou read with Understanding it will make thee a great Master of Philosophy and a true Servant to the Divine Author if thou but barely read it will make thee thy own wise man
the more the Oyle of mercy is poured on him by thy Pity the more the Oyle in thy Cruise shall be encreased by thy Piety MAX. 43. Read not Books alone but Men and amongst them chiefly thy self If thou find any thing questionable there use the Commentary of a severe Friend rather than the Gloss of a sweet lipt Flatterer There is more Profit in a distastful Truth than deceitful Sweetness MAX. 44. If the opinion of thy Worth invite any to the desire of thy Acquaintance yeild a Respect suitable to his Quality Too great a Reservation will expose thee to the Sentence of Pride too easie Access will condemn thee to the Censure of Folly Things too hardly endeavoured discourage the Seeker too easily obtained disparage the thing sought for Too easily got is lowly prised and quickly lost MAX. 45. When Conveniency of time hath ripened your Acquaintance be cautious what thou say'st and courteous in what thou dost Observe his Inclination if thou find him weight make him thine own and lodge him in a faithful Bosom Be not easily exceptious nor rudely familiar the one will breed Contention the other Contempt MAX. 46. When Passion is grounded upon Fancy it is commonly but of short Continuance Where the Foundation is unstable there the Building is not lasting He that will be angry for any Cause will be angry for no Cause and when the Understanding perceives the Cause vain then the Judgment proclaims the Effect void MAX. 47. If thou desire to purchase Honour with thy Wealth consider first how that Wealth became thine if thy Labour got it let thy Wisdom keep it if Oppression found it let Repentance restore it if thy Parent left it let thy Virtues deserve it so shall thy Honour be safer better and cheaper MAX. 48. Sin is a Basilisk whose Eyes are full of Venom if the Eye of thy Soul see her first it reflects her own Poison and kills her If she see thy Soul unseen or seen too late with her Poison she kills thee since therefore thou canst not Escape thy Sin let not thy Sin escape thy Observation MAX. 49. If thou expect to rise by the means of him whom thy Father's Greatness rais'd from his service to Court-preferment thou wilt be deceived for the more in esteem thou art the more fensible is he of what he was whose servitude will be Chronicled by thy Advancement and Glory obscured by thy Greatness However he will conceive it a dead service which may be interpreted by thee as a merited reward rather than a meritorious benefit MAX. 50. Trust not to the Promise of a Common Swearer for he that dare Sin against his God for neither Profit nor Pleasure will trespass against thee for his own advantage He that dare break the precepts of his Father will easily be perswaded to violate the Promise unto his Brother MAX. 51. Let the greatest part of the News thou hearest be the least part of what thou believest lest the greatest part of what thou believest be the least part of what is true where Lies are easily admitted the Father of Lies will not easily be excluded MAX. 52. Deliberate long-before thou consecrate a friend and when thy impartial Judgment concludes him worthy of thy Bosom receive him Joyfully and entertain him Wisely impart thy fecrets boldly and mingle thy thoughts with his he is thy very self and use him so if thou firmly thinks him faithful thou makes him so MAX. 53. As there is no Worldly Gain without some Loss so there is no Worldly Loss without some Gain If thou hast lost thy Wealth thou hast lost some trouble with it if thou art degraded from thy honour thou art likewise freed from the stroke of Envy if sickness hath blur'd thy Beauty it hath delivered thee from Pride set the allowance against the loss and thou shalt find no loss great he loseth little or nothing that reserves himself MAX. 54. If thou desire to take the best advantage of thy self especially in matters where the Fancy is most employed keep temperate Diet use moderate Exercise observe seasonable and set hours for Rest let the end of thy first sleep raise thee from thy repose then hath thy body the best temper then hath thy Soul the least incumbrance then no noise shall disturb thy Ear no object shall divert thine Eye then if thy sprightly Fancy transport thee not beyond the common pitch and shew thee not the Magazine of high Invention return thee to thy wanton Bed and there conclude thy self more fit to wear thy Mistresses favour than Apollo's Bays MAX. 55. If thou art Rich strive to Command thy Money lest she Command thee if thou know how to use her she is thy Servant if not thou art her slave MAX. 56. Bring thy Daughter a Husband of her own Religion and of no Hereditary Disease let his Wisdom out-weigh his Wealth let his Parantage excel his Person and let his Age exceed hers let thy Prayers recommend the rest to Providence If he prove good thou hast found a Son if not thou hast lost a Daughter MAX. 57. So use Prosperity that Adversity may not abuse thee if in the one security admits no Fear in the other despair will afford no hopes He that in Prosperity can foretel a Danger can in Adversity foresee Deliverance MAX. 58. If thy Faith hath no Doubts thou hast Just Cause to doubt thy Faith and if thy Doubts have no Hope thou hast Just Reason to fear Despair when therefore thy Doubts shall exercise thy Faith keep thy Hopes firm to qualify thy Doubts so shall thy Faith be secured from Doubts so shall thy Doubts be preserved from Despair MAX. 59. If thou desire to be truly Valiant fear to do any Injury He that fears not to do Evil is always afraid to suffer Evil He that never Fears is desperate and he that fears always is a Coward he is the true Valiant man that dares nothing but what he may and fears nothing but what he ought MAX. 60. Anger may repast with thee for an hour but not repose for a Night the continuance of Anger is Hatred the continuance of Hatred turns Malice that Anger is not warrantable that hath seen two Suns MAX. 61. If thou stand guilty of Oppression or wrongfully possest of another's Right see thou make restitution before thou givest an Alms if otherwise what art thou but a Thief and makest God thy Receiver MAX. 62. When thou Prayest for Spiritual Grace let thy Prayer be absolute when for Temporal Blessings add a Clause of God's pleasure in both with Faith and Humiliation so that thou undoubtedly receive what thou desirest or more or better never Prayer rightly made was made unheard or heard ungranted MAX. 63. He that gives all tho' but little gives much because God looks not to the quantity of the Gift but to the quality of the Givers He that desires to give more than he can hath equalled his Gift to his desire and hath