The readers and the hearers like my books, And yet some writers cannot them digest; But what care I? for when I make a feast, I would my guests shoul…

- John Harington

Best fishing in troubled waters.

- John Harington

When I make a feast, I would my guests should praise it, not the cooks.

- John Harington

Fortune, men say, doth give too much to many, But yet she never gave enough to any.

- John Harington

From your confessor, lawyer and doctor, hide not your case on no condition. [Is this a way of saying that honesty is the best policy?]

- John Harington

A tailor, though a man of upright dealing,-- True but for lying,--honest but for stealing,-- Did fall one day extremely sick by chance And on the sud…

- John Harington

Five qualities there are wine's praise advancing; Strong, beautiful, fragrant, cool and dancing.

- John Harington

Treason doth never prosper. What's the reason? Why, when it prospers, none dare call it treason.

- John Harington