90 Quotes by Owen Feltham

Knowledge is the treasure of the mind, but discretion is the key to it, without which it is useless. The practical part of wisdom is the best.

Gold is the fool's curtain, which hides all his defects from the world.

Promises may get friends, but it is performance that must nurse and keep them.

In business, three things are necessary: knowledge, temper, and time.

The greatest results in life are usually attained by common sense and perseverance.

How many would die did not hope sustain them...

All men will be Peters in their bragging tongue, and most men will be Peters in their base denial; but few men will be Peters in their quick repentance.

Take heed of a speedy professing friend; love is never lasting which flames before it burns.

When I but hear her sing, I fare Like one that raised, holds his ear To some bright star in the supremest Round; Through which, besides the light that's seen There may be heard, from Heaven within, The rests of Anthems, that the Angels sound.