Occupation: Poet Birth: November 30, 1554 Death: October 17, 1586
A just cause and a zealous defender make an imperious resolution cut off the tediousness of cautious discussions..
Lovely sweetness is the noblest power of woman, and is far fitter to prevail by parley than by battle..
Fortify courage with the true rampart of patience..
It is a great happiness to be praised of them that are most praise-worthy..
There is nothing evil but what is within us; the rest is either natural or accidental..
Approved valor is made precious by natural courtesy..
Sweet speaking oft a currish heart reclaims..
The first mark of valor is defence..
Indeed, the Roman laws allowed no person to be carried to the wars but he that was in the soldiers roll..
Fool," said my muse to me. "Look in thy heart and write..
Truth is the ground of science, the centre wherein all things repose, and is the type of eternity..
There is nothing so great that I fear to do it for my friend; nothing so small that I will disdain to do it for him..
It is not good to wake a sleeping lion..
Our erected wit maketh us to know what perfection is..
For as much as to understand and to be mighty are great qualities, the higher that they be, they are so much the less to be esteemed if goodness also….
**Did you realize how much a kiss says, Philip???** Oh My Angel I doooo....A KISS is the beginning of, middle to, and end of most things I love about….
As the fertilest ground, must be manured, so must the highest flying wit have a Daedalus to guide him..
They love indeed who quake to say they love..
A churlish courtesy rarely comes but either for gain or falsehood..
Remember that in all miseries lamenting becomes fools, and action, wise folk..
There needs not strength to be added to inviolate chastity; the excellency of the mind makes the body impregnable..