I account this body nothing but a close prison to my soul; and the earth a larger prison … - Joseph Hall

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I'm still in love with what I do, with the idea of making things up, so hours when I write always feel like very blessed hours to me.

Joseph Hall

I account this body nothing but a close prison to my soul; and the earth a larger prison to my body. I may not break prison till I be loosed by death; but I will leave it, not unwillingly,when I am loosed.

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Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

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Fools measure actions, after they are done, by the event; wise men beforehand, by the rules of reason and right. The former look to the end, to judge of the act. Let me look to the act, and leave the end with God.

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Try to be of some use to others.

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Let others either envy or pity me; I care not, so long as I enjoy myself.

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Christian society is like a bundle of sticks laid together, whereof one kindles another. Solitary men have fewest provocations to evil, but, again, fewest incitations to good. So much as doing good is better than not doing evil will I account Christian good-fellowship better than an hermitish and melancholy solitariness.

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I'm still in love with what I do, with the idea of making things up, so hours when I write always feel like very blessed hours to me.

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It is as easy to unknowingly deceive yourself as it is to deceive others.

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