Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good to cast some men into the furnace of affliction, and then beats them on his anvil into what frame he pleases.
- Anne Bradstreet
Some, Till, Furnace, Affliction
Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.
- Anne Bradstreet
Edge, Authority, Like, Bruise
If what I do prove well, it won't advance. They'll say it's stolen, or else it was by chance.
- Anne Bradstreet
Chance, Prove, Else, Stolen
Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.
- Anne Bradstreet
Improving, Middle, Getting, Middle Age
A prosperous state makes a secure Christian, but adversity makes him Consider.
- Anne Bradstreet
Adversity, Christian, Makes, Prosperous
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