The readers and the hearers like my books, And yet some writers cannot them digest; But what care I? for when I make a feast, I would my guests shoul….

A tailor, though a man of upright dealing,-- True but for lying,--honest but for stealing,-- Did fall one day extremely sick by chance And on the sud….

Fortune, men say, doth give too much to many, But yet she never gave enough to any..

Five qualities there are wine's praise advancing; Strong, beautiful, fragrant, cool and dancing..

When I make a feast, I would my guests should praise it, not the cooks..

From your confessor, lawyer and doctor, hide not your case on no condition. [Is this a way of saying that honesty is the best policy?].

Treason doth never prosper. What's the reason? Why, when it prospers, none dare call it treason..

Best fishing in troubled waters..