If thou wouldst preserve a sound body, use fasting and walking; if a healthful soul, fasting and praying; walking exercises the body, praying exercises the soul, fasting cleanses both. – Francis Quarles
Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester. – Francis Quarles
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail. – Francis Quarles
Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor. – Francis Quarles
I would like it to be known that I have decided not to marry Group Capt. Peter Townsend. Mindful of the churchs teaching that Christian marriage is indissoluble, and conscious of my duty to the Commonwealth, I have resolved to put these considerations before any others. – Princess Margaret