Occupation: Dramatist Birth: January 17, 1600 Death: May 25, 1681
At the point when affection is not frenzy, it is not adore..
What is life? A madness. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story. And the greatest good is little enough: for all life is a dream, and dreams th….
Grief has been compared to a hydra; for every one that dies, two are born..
Restless sunflower; cease to move..
They say that the best counsel is that of woman..
Tis not where we lie but whence we fell; the loss of Heaven's the greatest pain in Hell..
And yet, and yet, in these our ghostly lives, Half night, half day, half sleeping, half awake, How if our waking life, like that of sleep, Be all a d….
The fox is very cunning, but he is more cunning who catches the fox..
Dreams are rough copies of the waking soul Yet uncorrected of the higher will, So that men sometimes in their dreams confess An unsuspected, or forgo….
A friar who asks alms for God's sake begs for two..
A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need..
No virtue can be real that has not been tried. The gold in the crucible alone is perfect; the loadstone tests the steel, and the diamond is tried by ….
But whether it be dream or truth, to do well is what matters. If it be truth, for truth's sake. If not, then to gain friends for the time when we awa….
Even in dreams doing good is not wasted..
The dower of great beauty has always been misfortune, since happiness and beauty do not agree together..
A woman needs a stronger head than her own for counsel - she should marry..