Joseph Hall
Joseph Hall

A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.

Joseph Hall
Joseph Hall

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

Joseph Hall
Joseph Hall

Perfection is the child of time.

Joseph Hall
Joseph Hall

Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.

Joseph Hall
Joseph Hall

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

Joseph Hall
Joseph Hall

Let me know myself; let others guess at me.

Joseph Hall
Joseph Hall

We must first pray, that God would make us wise; before we can wish, he would make us happy.

Joseph Hall
Joseph Hall

He is a very humble man, that thinks not himself better than some others.

Joseph Hall
Joseph Hall

He is great enough that is his own master.

Joseph Hall
Joseph Hall

And, if I were so low that I accounted myself the worst of all, yet some would account themselves in worse case.

Joseph Hall
Joseph Hall

A man's opinion is in others; his being is in himself.

Joseph Hall
Joseph Hall

What fools are we, to be besotted with the love of our own trouble, and to hate our liberty and rest!