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Bestow therefore thy youth so, that thou mayest have comfort to remember it when it hath forsaken thee, and not sigh and grieve at the account thereof.
Instructions to his Son and to Posterity (1632)
No man is esteemed for gay garments but by fools and women.
Instructions to his Son and to Posterity (1632)
Speaking much also is a sign of vanity; for he that is lavish in words is a niggard in deeds.
Instructions to his Son and to Posterity (1632)
Better were it to be unborn than ill-bred.
Instructions to his Son and to Posterity (1632)
Be advised what thou dost discourse of, and what thou maintainest whether touching religion, state, or vanity; for if thou err in the first, thou shalt be accounted profane; if in the second, dangerous; if in the third, indiscreet and foolish.
Instructions to his Son and to Posterity (1632)
Remember...that if thou marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which perchance will never last nor please thee one year; and when thou hast it, it will be to thee of no price at all, for the desire dieth when it is attained, and the affection perisheth when it is satisfied.
Instructions to his Son and to Posterity (1632)