“Any man shall speak the better when he knows what others have said, and sometimes the consciousness of his inward knowledge gives a confidence to his outward behavior, which of all other is the best thing to grace a man in his carriage.” KnowsMenGivingSaidSometimesSpeakConsciousnessGraceBehaviorBest ThingsInwardCarriages Author:Owen Feltham
“There is no detraction worse than to overpraise a man, for if his worth proves short of what report doth speak of him, his own actions are ever giving the lie to his honor.” IfsMenGivingActionLyingSpeakHonorProveReportsFlattery Author:Owen Feltham
“Business is the salt of life, which not only gives a grateful smack to it, but dries up those crudities that would offend, preserves from putrefaction and drives off all those blowing flies that would corrupt it.” GivingBusinessGratefulPreservesSaltSmack Author:Owen Feltham