Occupation: Poet Birth: November 30, 1554 Death: October 17, 1586
O you virtuous owle, The wise Minerva's only fowle..
Doing good is the only certainly happy action of a man's life..
Confidence in one's self is the chief nurse of magnanimity, which confidence, notwithstanding, doth not leave the care of necessary furniture for it;….
Who will adhere to him that abandons himself?.
Self-love is better than any gilding to make that seem gorgeous wherein ourselves be parties..
There is a certain delicacy which in yielding conquers; and with a pitiful look makes one find cause to crave help one's self..
What doth better become wisdom than to discern what is worthy the living..
The truly valiant dare everything but doing anybody an injury..
Since bodily strength is but a servant to the mind, it were very barbarous and preposterous that force should be made judge over reason..
To be rhymed to death as is said to be done in Ireland..
My true-love hath my heart, and I have his, By just exchange, one for the other given; I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss, There never was a….
Anger, the Stoics said, was a short madness..
The truly great and good, in affliction, bear a countenance more princely than they are wont; for it is the temper of the highest hearts, like the pa….
The first mark of valor is defence..
Courage without discipline is nearer beastliness than manhood..
Courage ought to be guided by skill, and skill armed by courage. Neither should hardiness darken wit, nor wit cool hardiness. Be valiant as men despi….
No is no negative in a woman's mouth..
What is birth to a man if it shall be a stain to his dead ancestors to have left such an offspring?.
A brave captain is as a root, out of which, as branches, the courage of his soldiers doth spring..
True bravery is quiet, undemonstrative..
God has appointed us captains of this our bodily fort, which, without treason to that majesty, are never to be delivered over till they are demanded..