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There is no jesting with edge tools. - [Proverbs] There is no man but may make his paradise. - [Happiness] There's a method in man's wickedness; it grows up by degrees. - [Wickedness] 'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill. - [Proverbs] We want a boy extremely for this function. - [Golf] What is danger More than the weakness of our apprehensions? A poor cold part o' th' blood; who takes it hold of? Cowards and wicked livers: valiant minds Were made the masters of it. - [Danger] Woman, they say, was only made of man; Methinks 'tis strange they should be so unlike! It may be all the best was cut away, To make the woman, and the naught was left Behind with him. - [Women] It shew'd discretion, the best part of valor. - A King and No King (act IV, sc. 3) [Discretion] But is there nothing else, That we may do but only walk? Methinks Brothers and sisters lawfully may kiss. - A King and No King (act IV, sc. 4) [Kisses] He shall have chariots easier than air, That I will have invented; . . . And thyself, That art the messenger, shalt ride before him On a horse cut out of an entire diamond. That shall be made to go with golden wheels, I know not how yet. - A King and No King (act V) [Wonder] There is a method in man's wickedness, It grows up by degrees. - A King and No King (act V, sc. 4) [Wickedness] We are all souldiers, and all venture lives; And where there is no difference in men's worths, Titles are all jests. - A King, and No King (act 1, sc. 1) [Titles] A civil habit Oft covers a good man. - Beggar's Bush (act II, sc. 3, l. 210) [Habit] Three merry boys, and three merry boys, And three merry boys are we, As ever did sing in a hempen string Under the gallow-tree. - Bloody Brother (act III, sc. 2, song) [Singing] And he that will to bed go sober, Falls with the leaf still in October. - Bloody Brother--Song (act II, sc. 2) [Temperance - Prohibition] Discretion And hardy valor are the twins of honor, And nurs'd together, make a conqueror; Divided, but a talker. - Bonduca [Discretion] Sing a song of sixpence. - Bonduca (act V, sc. 2) [Songs] What mare's nest hast thou found? - Bonduca (IV, 2) [Proverbs] Oh, woman, perfect woman! what distraction Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil! What an inviting hell invented. - Comedy of Monsieur Thomas (act III, sc. 1) [Women] I care not twopence. - Coxcomb (act V, sc. I) [Worth] As cold as cucumbers. - Cupid's Revenge (act I, sc. 1) [Proverbial Phrases] There is an hour in each man's life appointed To make his happiness, if then he seize it. - Custom of the Country (act II, sc. 3, l. 85) [Opportunity] 'Twas when young Eustace wore his heart in's breeches. - Elder Brother (act V) [Tailors] Silken rest Tie all thy cares up! - Four Plays in One (sc. 4, Triumph of Love) [Rest] Calamity is man's true touch-stone. - Four Plays in One--The Triumph of Honour (sc. 1, l. 67) [Misfortune] Displaying page 2 of 5 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 [2] 3 4 5
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