Francis Quarles Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.”

“The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.”

“That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.”

“If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.”

“My mind's my kingdom.”

“Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue.”

“The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.”

“And he repents in thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.”

“The road to perseverance lies by doubt.”

“Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.”