Envy is but the smoke of low estate, Ascending still against the fortunate.

- Sir Fulke Greville

Human knowledge is the parent of doubt.

- Sir Fulke Greville

We laugh heartily to see a whole flock of sheep jump because one did so. Might not one imagine that superior beings do the same, and for exactly the …

- Sir Fulke Greville

Good-humor will sometimes conquer ill-humor, but ill-humor will conquer it oftener; and for this plain reason, good-humor must operate on generosity,…

- Sir Fulke Greville

What an argument in favor of social connections is the observation that by communicating our grief we have less, and by communicating our pleasure we…

- Sir Fulke Greville

Good-humor is allied to generosity, ill-humor to meanness.

- Sir Fulke Greville

The world is an excellent judge in general, but a very bad one in particular.

- Sir Fulke Greville

The mind of man is this world's true dimension; and knowledge is the measure of the mind.

- Sir Fulke Greville

It is not enough that you can form nay, and follow, the most excellent rules for conducting yourself in the world. You must also know when to deviate…

- Sir Fulke Greville