The greatest evils, are from within us; and from ourselves also we must look for the greatest good.
Jeremy TaylorHumility is like a tree, whose root when it sets deepest in the earth rises higher, and spreads fairer and stands surer, and lasts longer, and every step of its descent is like a rib of iron.
Jeremy TaylorTemperance is reason's girdle and passion's bridle, the strength of the soul and the foundation of virtue.
Jeremy TaylorIt is not the eye that sees the beauty of the heaven, nor the ear that hears the sweetness of music or the glad tidings of a prosperous occurrence, but the soul, that perceives all the relishes of sensual and intellectual perfections; and the more noble and excellent the soul is, the greater and more savory are its perceptions.
Jeremy Taylor