Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times..

Poets are far rarer birds than kings..

A good man will avoid the spot of any sin. The very aspersion is grievous, which makes him choose his way in his life, as he would in his journey..

There is no bounty to be showed to such As have real goodness: Bounty is A spice of virtue; and what virtuous act Can take effect on them that have n….

The way to rise is to obey and please..

It holds for good polity ever, to have that outwardly in vilest estimation, which inwardly is most dear to us..

[The play] is like to be a very conceited scurvy one, in plain English..

Out of clothes out of countenance, out of countenance out of wit..

It is as great a spite to be praised in the wrong place, and by a wrong person, as can be done to a noble nature..

Soul of the age! The applause! delight! The wonder of our stage!.

A good poet's made as well as born..

Each petty hand Can steer a ship becalm'd; but he that will Govern and carry her to her ends, must know His tides, his currents, how to shift his sai….

He that is respectless in his courses oft sells his reputation at cheap market..

Who falls for love of God, shall rise a star..

Doing, a filthy pleasure is, and short; And done, we straight repent us of the sport: Let us not rush blindly on unto it, Like lustful beasts, that o….

No glass renders a man's form or likeness so true as his speech..

Affliction teacheth a wicked person sometime to pray; prosperity never..

The day For whose returns, and many, all these pray; And so do I..

If men will impartially, and not asquint, look toward the offices and function of a poet, they will easily conclude to themselves the impossibility o….

Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest..

The two chief things that give a man reputation in counsel, are the opinion of his honesty, and the opinion of his wisdom; the authority of those two….