Robert South

“Covetousness, like a candle ill-made, smothers the splendor of a happy fortune in its own grease.”

“Conscience is a man's best friend, and if he is not on good terms with his conscience, he is on bad terms with himself.”

“He who will not be persuaded by reason will be coerced by force.”

“The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.”

“Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it.”

“Sorrow is a kind of rust of the soul, which every new idea contributes in its passage to scour away.”

“Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it.”

“God is the fountain of all goodness, and justice, and truth, and all these in perfection.”

“The paths of virtue are plain and straight, so that the blind, persons of the meanest capacity, shall not err.”

“The first and great work of a Christian is to get a good conscience.”