Occupation: Dramatist Birth: 1583 Death: March 17, 1640
Thou art figured blind, and yet we borrow our best sight from thee..
He that knows no guilt can know no fear..
Though the desire of fame be the last weakness Wise men put off..
A diamond, though set in horns, is still a diamond, and sparkles in purest gold..
Oh that thou hadst like others been all words, And no performance..
My dancing days are past..
Man was mark'd A friend in his creation to himself, And may, with fit ambition, conceive The greatest blessings, and the highest honors Appointed for….
Virtue, thou in rags, may challenge more than vice set off with all the trim of greatness..
A willing mind makes a hard journey easy..
Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise..
For any man to match above his rank is but to sell his liberty..
I in my own house am an emperor, And will defend what's mine..
Conscience and wealth are not always neighbors..
If you like not hanging, drown yourself; Take some course for your reputation..
Without good company all dainties Lose their true relish, and like painted grapes, Are only seen, not tasted..
Gold--the picklock that never fails..
Nay, droop not, fellows; innocence should be bold..
Petitions, not sweetened with gold, are but unsavory and oft refused; or, if received, are pocketed, not read..
But married once, a man is stak'd or pown'd, and cannot graze beyond his own hedge..
What pity 'tis, one that can speak so well, Should in his actions be so ill!.
Quiet night, that brings Best to the labourer, is the outlaw's day, In which he rises early to do wrong, And when his work is ended dares not sleep..