Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home. [ Bacon ]
Thought is the property of him who can entertain it, and of him who can adequately place it. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]
Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual? [ Pliny ]
Because all men are apt to flatter themselves, to entertain the addition of other men's praises is most perilous. [ Sir Walter Raleigh ]
The human soul is hospitable, and will entertain conflicting sentiments and contradictory opinions with much impartiality. [ George Eliot ]
No one is qualified to entertain, or receive entertainment from others, who cannot entertain himself alone with satisfaction. [ Thomas à Kempis ]
If thou expect death as a friend, prepare to entertain it; if thou expect death as an enemy, prepare to overcome it; death has no advantage, but when it comes a stranger. [ Quarles ]
Let death and exile, and all other things which appear terrible, be daily before your eyes, but death chiefly; and you will never entertain any abject thought, nor too eagerly covet anything. [ Epictetus ]
If these little sparks of holy fire which I have thus heaped up together do not give life to your prepared and already enkindled spirit, yet they will sometimes help to entertain a thought, to actuate a passion, to employ and hallow a fancy. [ Jeremy Taylor ]
There is a sort of harmless liars, frequently to be met with in company, who deal much in exaggeration; their usual intention is to please and entertain; but as men are most delighted with what they conceive to be truth, these people mistake the means of pleasing, and incur universal blame. [ Hume ]
Deliberate long before thou consecrate a friend; and when thy impartial judgment concludes him worthy of thy bosom, receive him joyfully, and entertain him wisely; impart thy secrets boldly, and mingle thy thoughts with his; he is thy very self; and use him so; if thou firmly think him faithful, thou makest him so. [ F. Quarles ]