He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
Words borrowed of antiquity do lend a kind of majesty to style, and are not without their delight sometimes.
Language most shews a man: Speak, that I may see thee.
There was never a great genius without a touch of madness.
Many might go to heaven with half the labor they go to hell.
For a man to write well, there are required three necessaries—to read the best authors, observe the best speakers, and much exercise of his own style.
Mischiefs feed / Like beasts, till they be fat, and then they bleed.
Riches, the dumb god that giv’st all men tongues, / That canst do nought, and yet mak’st men do all things; / The price of souls; even hell, with thee to boot, / Is made worth heaven!
Underneath this stone doth lie As much beauty as could die.
Hood an ass with reverend purple. So you can hide his two ambitious ears and he shall pass for a cathedral doctor.
Drink to me only with thine eyes And I will pledge with mine.
Drink to me only with thine eyes And I will pledge with mine Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I’ll not look for wine.
Memory of all the powers of the mind is the most delicate and frail.
Language most shows a man: speak that I may see thee.
Dowling Drink to me only with thine eyes And I will pledge with mine Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I’ll not look for wine.
I glory more in the coming purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.
A woman the more careful she is about her face is commonly the more careless about her house.
Language most shows a man speak that I may see thee.
He wil sooner lose his best friend, then his least jest.
He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity.
True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times.
They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom.
Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.