The man who first abused his fellows with swear-words instead of bashing their brains out with a club should be counted among those who laid the foun…

- John Denham

Youth, what man's age is like to be, doth show; We may our ends by our beginnings know.

- John Denham

Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year.

- John Denham

When any great design thou dost intend, Think on the means, the manner, and the end.

- John Denham

Uncertain ways unsafest are, and doubt a greater mischief than despair.

- John Denham

Such is our pride, our folly, or our fate, That few, but such as cannot write, translate.

- John Denham

Poetry is of so subtle a spirit, that in the pouring out of one language into another it will evaporate.

- John Denham

Who fears not to do ill fears the name, And free from conscience, is a slave to fame.

- John Denham

Learn to live well, that thou may'st die so too; To live and die is all we have to do.

- John Denham