43 quotes
It is always good
When a man has two irons in the fire.
The Faithful Friends (1608)
Thou will scarce be a man before thy mother.
Love's Cure (1612)
To have been happy, madame, adds to calamity.
It shew'd discretion, the best part of valor.
A King and No King (1611)
Of every noble action the intent
Is to give worth reward, vice punishment.
'Tis not a life,
'Tis but a piece of childhood thrown away.
Philaster, or Love Lies a-Bleeding (1609)
But they that are above
Have ends in everything.
The Maid's Tragedy (1609)
Make my breast
Transparent as pure crystal, that the world,
Jealous of me, may see the foulest thought
My heart holds.
Philaster, or Love Lies a-Bleeding (1609)
All your better deeds
Shall be in water writ, but this in marble.
Philaster, or Love Lies a-Bleeding (1609)
There is a method in man's wickedness—
It grows up by degrees.
A King and No King (1611)
He never is alone that is accompanied with noble thoughts.
Love's Cure (1647)
To say the truth, though I say 't that should not say 't.
Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother.
There is an hour in each man's life appointed
To make his happiness, if then he seize it.
Nature too unkind;
That made no medicine for a troubled mind!
Philaster, or Love Lies a-Bleeding (1609)
No friend's a friend till [he shall] prove a friend.
The Faithful Friends (1608)
Upon my buried body lie lightly, gentle earth.
The Maid's Tragedy (1609)
I find the medicine worse than the malady.
Love's Cure (1612)
But is there nothing else,
That we may do but only walk? Methinks,
Brothers and sisters lawfully may kiss.
A King and No King (1611)
And he that will to bed go sober,
Falls with the leaf still in October.