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Q. Curtius. . Cowardly dogs bark more violently than they bite. - Canes timidi vehementius latrant quam mordent
Quarles. . A monarchy is apt to fall by tyranny; an aristocracy, by ambition; a democracy, by tumults.
Quarles. . Anger, when it is long in coming, is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept.
Quarles. . As there is no worldly gain without some loss, so there is no worldly loss without some gain.
Quarles. . Be wisely worldly; be not worldly wise.
Quarles. . But wouldst thou know what's heaven? I'll tell thee what: / Think what thou canst not think, and heaven is that.
Quarles. . Convey thy love to thy friend as an arrow to the mark; not as a ball against the wall, to rebound back again.
Quarles. . Demean thyself more warily in thy study than in the street. If thy public actions have a hundred witnesses, thy private have a thousand.
Quarles. . Enough requires too much; too much craves more.
Quarles. . Falls have their risings, wanings have their
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