Celibacy, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in perpetual sweetness, but sits alone, and is confined and dies in singularity; but marriage, like the useful bee, builds a house, and gathers sweetness from every flower, and…

Quote by Jeremy Taylor

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Know that you are your greatest enemy, but also your greatest friend.

Know that you are your greatest enemy, but also your greatest friend.

He that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at home, and broods...

He that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at home, and broods...

Dive on them and squash them if you must.

Dive on them and squash them if you must.

The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.

The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.

If anger proceeds from a great cause, it turns to fury; if from a small...

If anger proceeds from a great cause, it turns to fury; if from a small...

Whatsoever we beg of God, let us also work for it.

Whatsoever we beg of God, let us also work for it.

When you lie down with a short prayer, commit yourself into the hands of your...

When you lie down with a short prayer, commit yourself into the hands of your...

It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive...

It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive...

Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error to an afflicted truth.

Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error to an afflicted truth.

Grumbling is the death of love.

Grumbling is the death of love.

Love is a check that can be forged that can be cashed. Love is a...

Love is a check that can be forged that can be cashed. Love is a...

Habits are the daughters of action, but then they nurse their mother, and produce daughters...

Habits are the daughters of action, but then they nurse their mother, and produce daughters...

Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.

Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.

He that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his own conscience, and therefore it...

He that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his own conscience, and therefore it...

God hath prepared a little coronet or special reward (extraordinary and beside the great crown...

God hath prepared a little coronet or special reward (extraordinary and beside the great crown...

Every act of virtue is an ingredient unto reward.

Every act of virtue is an ingredient unto reward.

He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the golden thread...

He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the golden thread...

No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full...

No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full...

Conscience in most men, is but the anticipation of the opinions of others.

Conscience in most men, is but the anticipation of the opinions of others.

Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit.

Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit.