Jeremy Taylor Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted above his neighbors because he has more gold, how much inferior is he to a gold mine.”

“To be proud of learning is the greatest ignorance.”

“Habits are the daughters of action, but then they nurse their mother, and produce daughters after her image, but far more beautiful and prosperous.”

“He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the golden thread that ties their hearts together.”

“He that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his own conscience, and therefore it is certain that no man serves God with a good conscience who serves him against his reason.”

“Every act of virtue is an ingredient unto reward.”