“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
“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
“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
“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