Against diseases here the strongest fence is the defensive vertue, Abstinence..

Rise and put on your foliage, and be seen To come forth, like the springtime, fresh and green.

The first act's doubtful, but we say, it is the last commends the play..

O thou, the drink of gods and angels! Wine.

Know when to speak - for many times it brings danger, to give the best advice to kings..

The readiness of doing doth expresse No other but the doer's willingnesse..

Tis not the food, but the content, That makes the table's merriment..

Roses at first were white, Till thy co'd not agree, Whether my Sapho's breast, Or they more white sho'd be..

Humble we must be, if to heaven we go; High is the roof there, but the gate is low..

Who covets more is evermore a slave..

Who after his transgression doth repent, Is halfe, or altogether, innocent..

If little labour, little are our gains: Man's fortunes are according to his pains..

I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers: Of April, May, or June, and July flowers. I sing of Maypoles, Hock-carts, wassails, wakes, Of br….

Some asked me where the rubies grew, And nothing I did say; But with my finger pointed to The lips of Julia..

Art quickens nature; care will make a face; Neglected beauty perisheth apace..

We credit most our sight; one eye doth please Our trust farre more than ten eare-witnesses..

Lord, 'tis Thy plenty-dropping hand That soils my land, And giv'st me for my bushel sowne Twice ten for one. All this, and better, Thou dost se….

A spark neglected makes a mighty fire..

He who has suffered shipwreck, fears to sail Upon the seas, though with a gentle gale..

God doth not promise here to man that HeWill free him quickly from his misery;But in His own time, and when He thinks fit,Then He will give a happy e….

Bid me to live, and I will live Thy Protestant to be: Or bid me love, and I will give A loving heart to thee, A heart as soft, a heart as kind, ….