“He that always waits upon God is ready whenever He calls. Neglect not to set your accounts even; he is a happy man who to lives as that death at all times may find him at leisure to die.” MenMayDiesWaitingReadyAccountsAll TimeNeglectLeisureHappy Man Author:Owen Feltham
“When I but hear her sing, I fare Like one that raised, holds his ear To some bright star in the supremest Round; Through which, besides the light that's seen There may be heard, from Heaven within, The rests of Anthems, that the Angels sound.” MayLightHeavenStarsSoundHeardSingingAngelEarsRaisedRoundsAnthemBright Star Author:Owen Feltham
“Discontents are sometimes the better part of our life. I know not well which is the most useful; joy I may choose for pleasure, but adversities are the best for profit; and sometimes those do so far help me, as I should, without them, want much of the joy I have.” KnowsWantShouldWellsMaySometimesHelpingJoyPleasureOur LivesAdversityProfitHelp MeDiscontent Author:Owen Feltham
“Hope is to a man as a bladder to a learning swimmer--it keeps him from sinking in the bosom of the waves, and by that help he may attain the exercise; but yet it many times makes him venture beyond his height, and then if that breaks, or a storm rises, he drowns without recovery. How many would die, did not hope sustain them! How many have died by hoping too much! This wonder we find in Hope, that she is both a flatterer and a true friend.” IfsMenMayHelpingDiesHopeWonderBreakToo MuchExerciseDiedWaveStormRecoveryHeightVentureTrue FriendBosomsSinkingSwimmerFlattererBladder Author:Owen Feltham
“Irresolution is a worse vice than rashness. He that shoots best may sometimes miss the mark; but he that shoots not at all can never hit it. Irresolution loosens all the joints of a state; like an ague, it shakes not this nor that limb, but all the body is at once in a fit. The irresolute man is lifted from one place to another; so hatcheth nothing, but addles all his actions.” MenMaySometimesStatesBodyActionMissingFitMarkVicesShakesLimbsJointsRashness Author:Owen Feltham
“Every man should study conciseness in speaking; it is a sign of ignorance not to know that long speeches, though they may please the speaker, are the torture of the hearer.” KnowsMenShouldMayLongStudyIgnorancePleaseSpeechEvery ManTortureSpeakersOratoryLong Speeches Author:Owen Feltham
“It is much safer to reconcile an enemy than to conquer him; victory may deprive him of his poison, but reconciliation of his will.” MayEnemyVictoryConquerPoisonReconciliationReconcile Author:Owen Feltham
“Riches, though they may reward virtues, yet they cannot cause them; he is much more noble who deserves a benefit than he who bestows one.” MayCausesVirtueBenefitsDeserveRewardsRichesNoble Author:Owen Feltham
“There is no man but for his own interest hath an obligation to be honest. There may be sometimes temptations to be otherwise; but, all cards cast up, he shall find it the greatest ease, the highest profit, the best pleasure, the most safety, and the noblest fame, to hold the horns of this altar, which, in all assays, can in himself protect him.” MenMaySometimesInterestPleasureHonestHonestyFameProtectHighestSafetyCastsProfitObligationCardsTemptationBeing HonestEaseHornsAltars Author:Owen Feltham
“Time is like a ship which never anchors; while I am on board, I had better do those things that may profit me at my landing, than practice such as shall cause my commitment when I come ashore.” MayTimeCausesPracticeCommitmentProfitShipsBoardsAnchorsLanding Author:Owen Feltham
“The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for the most part be summed up in these two - common sense and perseverance.” MayMeanTwoMotivationalChallengesSimpleResultsCommonBusinessQualityExerciseOrdinaryPerseveranceCommon SenseInspirational Perseverance Author:Owen Feltham
“Promises may get friends, but it is performance that must nurse and keep them.” MayFriendshipPromisePerformancesNurseBosom Friends Author:Owen Feltham
“To go to law is for two persons to kindle a fire, at their own cost, to warm others and singe themselves to cinders; and because they cannot agree as to what is truth and equity, they will both agree to unplume themselves that others may be decorated with their feathers.” MayPersonsTwoLawFireCostAgreeWarmFeathersEquityKindles Author:Owen Feltham