Anne Bradstreet Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Anne Bradstreet quotes, Anne Bradstreet sayings, and Anne Bradstreet proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. Anne Bradstreet
Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories. Anne Bradstreet
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. Anne Bradstreet
Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach. Anne Bradstreet
Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. Anne Bradstreet
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. Anne Bradstreet
If what I do prove well, it won't advance. They'll say it's stolen, or else it was by chance. Anne Bradstreet
Through ignorance, all troubles did surmount. Anne Bradstreet
If ever two were one, then surely we. / If ever man were lov'd by wife, then thee. / If ever wife was happy in a man, / Compare with me, ye women, if you can. Anne Bradstreet
I, like the Earth this season, mourn in black, / My Sun is gone so far in's zodiac, / Whom whilst I 'joyed, nor storms, nor frost I felt, / His warmth such fridged colds did cause to melt. / My chilled limbs now numbed lie forlorn; / Return; return, sweet Sol, from Capricorn; / In this dead time, alas, what can I more / Than view those fruits which through thy heart I bore? Anne Bradstreet
Tenth of the first, sol into Aries enters and bids defiance to all tedious winters. Anne Bradstreet
If ever two were one, then surely we. Anne Bradstreet
Once in Massachusetts, in a society coarsened by hardship and meagre in consolations, any religious doubt must at times have made everything seem dubious. Anne Bradstreet
Sin and shame ever go together; he that would be freed from the last must be sure to shun the company of the first. Anne Bradstreet
If ever two were one, then surely we. / If ever man were loved by wife, then thee; / If ever wife was happy in a man, / Compare with me ye women if you can. Anne Bradstreet
Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach. Anne Bradstreet
As a weary pilgrim, now at rest, / Hugs with delight his silent nest / His wasted limbs, now lye full soft / That myrie steps, haue troden oft. Anne Bradstreet