The ear and the eye are the mind's receivers; but the tongue is only busy in expending the treasures received. It, therefore, the revenues of the mind be uttered as fast or faster than they are received, it must needs be bare, and can never lay up for purchase.
Joseph Hall[W]e all lie down in our bed of earth as sure to wake as ever we can be to shut our eyes.
Joseph HallIf the sun of God's countenance shine upon me, I may well be content to be wet with the rain of affliction.
Joseph HallNot only commission makes a sin. A man is guilty of all those sins he hateth not. If I cannot avoid all, yet I will hate all.
Joseph HallRich people should consider that they are only trustees for what they possess, and should show their wealth to be more in doing good than merely in having it. They should not reserve their benevolence for purposes after they are dead, for those who give not of their property till they die show that they would not then if they could keep it any longer.
Joseph Hall