Joseph Hall (1574 – 1656)
English bishop and satirist.
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A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.
There is many a rich stone laid up in the bowels of the earth, many a fair pearl laid up in the bosom of the sea, that never was seen, nor never shall be.
Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.
Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.
So little in his purse, so much upon his back.
Perfection is the child of time…
He is wealthy enough, that wanteth not: he is great enough, that is his own master: he is happy enough, that lives to die well.
How easy it is for men to be swollen with admiration of their own strength and glory, and to be lifted up so high as to lose sight both of the ground whence they rose, and the hand that advanced them.
A legal thief, a bloodless murderer,
A fiend incarnate, a false usurer.
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