John Ray Quotes

Nothing is invented and perfected at the same time. Diseases are the tax on pleasures. A spaniel, a woman, and a walnut tree, the more they're beaten the better they be. Though thou has never so many counselors, yet do not forsake the counsel of your soul. The younger brother hath the more wit. There is no doubt, that man is not built to be a carnivorous animal. What a sweet, pleasing and innocent sight is the spectacle of a table served that way and what a difference to a make up of fuming animal meat, slaughtered and dead! Man in no way has the constitution of a carnivorous being. Hunt and voracity are unnatural to him. Man has neither the sharp pointed teeth or claws to slaughter his prey. On the contrary his hands are made to pick fruits, berries and vegetables and teeth appropriate to chew them. He that cannot abide a bad market, deserves not a good one It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his counselor. When friends meet, hearts warm. Lean liberty is better than fat slavery Adversity makes men wise but not rich. Let him make use of instinct who cannot make use of reason. A child may have too much of his mother's blessing. After a Christmas comes a Lent. The charitable give out at the door, and God puts in at the window. Spend and be free, but make no waste. The use of butterflies is to adorn the world and delight the eyes of men, to brighten the countryside, serving like so many golden spangles to decorate the fields. A pound of worry won't pay an ounce of debt. Money was made for the free-hearted and generous. Manners make often fortunes. Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. A talkative person runs himself upon great inconvenience by blabbing out his own and others' secrets. One means very effectual for the preservation of health is a quiet and cheerful mind, not afflicted with violent passions or distracted with immoderate cares. Fish must swim thrice--once is the water, a second time in the sauce, and a third time in wine in the stomach. The heart is the first part that quickens, and the last that dies. Better the last smile than the first laughter. Every animal is providentially directed to the use of its proper weapon. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. The wind in a man's face makes him wise. The horse thinks one thing and he that rides him another