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Drawing near her death, she sent most pious thoughts as harbingers to heaven; and her soul saw a glimpse of happiness through the chinks of her sickness-broken body.
Life of Monica (1642)
Thus God's children are immortall whiles their
Father hath anything for them to do on earth.
One that will not plead that cause wherein his tongue must be confuted by his conscience.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)
Heat of passion makes our souls to chap, and the devil creeps in at the crannies.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)
Content is the Philosopher’s Stone, that turns all it touches into Gold.
Gnomologia (1732)
Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)
He was one of a lean body and visage, as if his eager soul, biting for anger at the clog of his body, desired to fret a passage through it.
Life of the Duke of Alva (1642)
A fool and a wise man are alike both in the starting-place—their birth, and at the post—their death; only they differ in the race of their lives.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)
An old goat is never the more reverend for his beard.
He's my friend who speaks well of me behind my back.
Gnomologia (1732)
Too good for great things and too great for good.
We have all forgot more than we remember.
Thus, as it is always darkest just before the day dawneth, so God useth to visit His servants with greatest afflictions when he intendeth their speedy advancement.
A Pisgah Sight of Palestine (1650)
But our captain counts the image of God — nevertheless his image — cut in ebony as if done in ivory, and in the blackest Moors he sees the representation of the King of Heaven.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)
Tombs are the clothes of the dead. A grave is but a plain suit, and a rich monument is one embroidered.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)
An index is a necessary implement. * * * Without this, a large author is but a labyrinth without a clue to direct the readers within.
Worthies of England (1662)
He that advised thee not to let the Sun set in thine anger, did not command thee to trust a deceiving Enemy next Morning.
Old age is not so fiery as youth, but when once provoked cannot be appeased.
Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo repeats only the last part, but fame relates all, and often more than all.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)
All is not butter that comes from the cow.