Thomas Urquhart (Томас Эркарт)

Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 30. That the setled quiet of our mind ought not to be moved at sinister accidents

MAn should for no infortunate event
Deprive himselfe of that, which fortune is
Vnable to restore him: the content
Of mind, ease, and tranquilsity of his
Reposed spirit; for who lacketh those,
Can nothing else possesse, that's worth to lose.

1. Epigrams. The Third Booke. № 3. We ought always to thinke upon what we are to say, before we utter any thing; the speeches and talk of solid wits, being still pre∣meditated, and never using to forerunne the mind
2. Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 2. Those that have greatest estates are not alwayes the wealthiest men
3. Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 22. A very ready way to goodnesse, and true VVisedome
4. Epigrams. The Third Booke. № 12. An vprightly zealous, and truly devout man is strong enough against all temptations
5. Epigrams. The Second Booke. № 4. How abject a thing it is, for a man to have bin long in the world without giving any proofe either by vertue, or learning, that he hath beene at all

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