“See how the world (whose chaste and pregnant womb Of late conceiv'd, and brought forth nothing ill) Is now degenerated, and become A base adult'ress, whose false births do fill The earth with monsters, monsters that do roam And rage about, and make a trade to kill: Now glutt'ny paunches, and avarice a pawn; Pale envy pines, pride swells, and sloth begins to yawn.”
Quote by Francis Quarles
“Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.”
Source: Poetical Works: And, Quarles' Emblems
“It is a most just punishment, that man should lose that freedom, which man could not use, yet had power to keep, if he would; and that he who had knowledge to do what was right, and did not should be deprived of the knowledge of what was right; and that he who would not do righteously, when he had the power, should lose the power to do it, when he had the will.”
Source: Emblems, divine and moral; The school of the heart [really by C. Harvey] and Hieroglyphies of the life of man
“Alas! fond child, How are thy thoughts beguil'd To hope for honey from a nest of wasps? Thou may'st as well Go seek for ease in hell, Or sprightly nectar from the mouths of asps. The world's a hive, From whence thou canst derive No good, but what thy soul's vexation brings: But case thou meet Some petty-petty sweet, Each drop is guarded with a thousand stings.”
Source: Emblems divine and moral
“Let grace conduct thee to the paths of peace.”
Source: Emblems, Divine and Moral: The School of the Heart ; And, Hieroglyphics of the Life of Man
“False world, thou ly'st: thou canst not lend The least delight: Thy favours cannot gain a friend, They are so slight.”
Source: Emblems divine and moral, together with Hieroglyphics of the life of man
“I've committed to surfing the rest of my life.”
“Look, architecture has a lot of places to hide behind, a lot of excuses. "The client made me do this." "The city made me do this." "Oh, the budget." I don't believe that anymore.”
“Take heed thou trust not the deceitful lap Of wanton Dalilah; the world's a trap.”
Source: Emblems, divine and moral, with a sketch of the life and times of the author
“The grave is sooner cloy'd than men's desire.”
Source: Emblems, Divine and Moral: The School of the Heart ; And, Hieroglyphics of the Life of Man
“What well-advised ear regards What earth can say? Thy words are gold, but thy rewards Are painted clay.”
Source: Emblems, Divine and Moral: The School of the Heart ; And, Hieroglyphics of the Life of Man
