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He knows little who will tell his wife all he knows.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)
They that marry ancient people, merely in expectation to bury them, hang themselves in hope that one will come and cut the halter.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)
To smell to a turf of fresh earth is wholesome for the body; no less are thoughts of mortality cordial to the soul.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)
A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery; but depth in that study brings him about again to our religion.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)
Gravity is the ballast of the soul, which keeps the mind steady.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)
Fame sometimes hath created something of nothing.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)
He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)
It is a vanity to persuade the world one hath much learning, by getting a great library.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)
The Pyramids themselves, doting with age, have forgotten the names of their founders.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)
Their heads sometimes so little that there is no room for wit; sometimes so long that there is no wit for so much room.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)
Indeed, a little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery; but depth in that study brings him about again to our religion.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)
She commandeth her husband, in any equal matter, by constant obeying him.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)
Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)
Generally nature hangs out a sign of simplicity in the face of a fool.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)
No time to break jests when the heartstrings are about to be broken.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)
Rebellion must be managed with many swords; treason to his prince's person may be with one knife.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)
A hypocrite is in himself both the archer and the mark, in all actions shooting at his own praise or profit.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)
Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest over the threshold thereof.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)
He that will lose his friend for a jest, deserves to die a beggar by the bargain.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)
Take the advice of a faithful friend, and submit thy inventions to his censure.
The Holy State and the Profane State (1642)