Those who give not till they die show that they would not then if they could keep it any longer.
Joseph HallEarthly greatness is a nice thing, and requires so much chariness in the managing, as the contentment of it cannot requite.
Joseph HallWe are often infinitely mistaken, and take the falsest measures, when we envy the happiness of rich and great men; we know not the inward canker that eats out all their joy and delight, and makes them really much more miserable than ourselves.
Joseph HallDeath did not first strike Adam, the first sinful man, nor Cain, the first hypocrite, but Abel, the innocent and righteous. The first soul that met with death, overcame death; the first soul that parted from earth went to heaven. Death argues not displeasure, because he whom God loved best dies first, and the murderer is punished with living.
Joseph Hall