Adrienne Camfield Quotes

Anger is one of the sinners of the soul.

Judge of thine improvement, not by what thou speakest or writest, but by the firmness of thy mind, and the government of thy passions and affections.

A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.

Trust thyself only, and another shall not betray thee.

Be a friend to thyself, and others will be so too.

If it were not for hope, the heart would break.

If we are bound to forgive an enemy, we are not bound to trust him.

An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.

Be not extravagantly high in expression of thy commendations of men thou likest, it may make the hearer`s stomach rise.

It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf.

He that is busy is tempted by but one devil; he that is idle, by a legion.

Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.

Learning makes a man fit company for himself.

If thou are a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.

Purchase not friends by gifts; when thou ceasest to give, such will cease to love.

The great end of life is not knowledge, but action.

Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

Enquire not what boils in another`s pot.

Know most of the rooms of thy native country before thou goest over the threshold thereof.

Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

Money is the sinew of love as well as war.

Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him.

He that plants trees loves others beside himself.