To fear death is the way to live long; to lie afraid of death is to be long a dying.
Francis QuarlesIf thou hast no inferiors, have patience awhile, and thou shalt have no superiors. The grave requires no marshal.
Francis QuarlesIn the commission of evil, fear no man so much as thyself; another is but one witness against thee, thou art a thousand; another thou mayest avoid, thyself thou canst not. Wickedness is its own punishment.
Francis QuarlesI'll ne'er distrust my God for cloth and bread while lilies flourish and the raven 's fed.
Francis Quarles