Thomas Adams, (1612-1653) Quotes
The ambitious climb high and perilous stairs, and never care how to come down; the desire of rising bath swallowed up their fear of a fall.
The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty.
Passion costs me too much to bestow it on every trifle. (1640).
Grace comes into the soul, as the morning sun into the world; first a dawning, then a light; and at last the sun in his full and excellent brightness.
Beauty is like an almanack: if it last a year it is well.
His father was no man's friend but his owne, and he (saith the prouerbe) is no man's for else.
Death is as near to the young as to the old; here is all the difference: death stands behind the young man's back, before the old man's face.
Conscience is God's deputy in the soul.
The ambitious climbs up high and perilous stairs, and never cares how to come down; the desire of rising hath swallowed up his fear of a fall.
His father was no man's friend but his owne, and he saith the prouerbe is no man's for else.