Occupation: Author Birth: October 14, 1644 Death: July 30, 1718
Truth never lost ground by enquiry..
They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies..
True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it..
In the rush and noise of life, as you have intervals, step home within yourselves and be still. Wait upon God, and feel His good presence; this will ….
No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown..
In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest..
Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit..
If it be an evil to judge rashly or untruly any single man, how much a greater sin it is to condemn a whole people..
The Remedy often proves worse than the Disease..
Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore g….
Let us see what love can do..
True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment..
We are inclined to call things by the wrong names. We call prosperity 'happiness', and adversity 'misery' eventhough adversity is the school of wisdo….
Peace can only be secured by justice; never by force of arms..
Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants..
I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it ….
Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood..
No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself..
Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it..
Time is what we want most, but what we use worst..
Never despise what you don't understand..