The empty vessel giveth a greater sound than the full barrel.

- John Lyly

The bee that hath honey in her mouth hath a sting in her tail.

- John Lyly

When adversities flow, then love ebbs; but friendship standeth stiffly in storms.

- John Lyly

The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.

- John Lyly

All men [are] of one metal, but not in one mold.

- John Lyly

Time draweth wrinkles in a fair face, but addeth fresh colors to a fast friend, which neither heat, nor cold, nor misery, nor place, nor destiny, can…

- John Lyly

To love women and never enjoy them, is as much to love wine and never taste it.

- John Lyly

A heat full of coldness, a sweet full of bitterness, a pain full of pleasantness, which maketh thoughts have eyes and hearts ears, bred by desire, nu…

- John Lyly

Nothing so perilous as procrastination

- John Lyly