Lesson 18 – Of Sorrow, Gladness, Fear, and Boldness, from the Sages of Old

Of Sorrow, Gladness, Fear, and Boldness, from the Sages of Old

1. It is a point of madness, to be sorry, or to rejoice, unmeasurably.
2. He ought to fear many; whom many do fear.
3. Great grief continues not long.
4. Continual fear suffers not a man to be happy.
5. Sorrow is a grief for things that be done and past.
6. Fear is a doubt for things to come.
7. Fear of himself accuses the guilty.
8. By Sorrow and Thought the heart is tormented.
9. Of Sorrow comes dreams and fantasies.
10. Of thought comes watching, and bleared eyes.
11. Sickness is the prison of the body; but Sorrow, the prison of the Soul.
12. Mirth is the end of Sorrow.
13. Shamefacedness in a child is a token of Wit; but in a man, of Foolishness.
13. Surety puts away Sorrow; and Fear hinders Gladness.
14. Neither strength, nor bigness, is of any value in a fearful body.