John Fletcher Quotes
O woman, perfect woman! what distraction Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil!
The greatest attribute of heaven is mercy; And 'tis the crown of justice, and the glory
Of all the forms of wisdom, hindsight is by general consent the least merciful, the most unforgiving.
Weep no more, nor sigh, nor groan, Sorrow calls no time that 's gone; Violets plucked, the sweetest rain Makes not fresh nor grow again.
Corruption is a tree, whose branches are Of an immeasurable length: they spread Ev'rywhere; and the dew that drops from thence Hath infected some chairs and stools of authority.
Go far - too far you cannot, still the farther. The more experience finds you: and go sparing. One meal a week will serve you, and one suit, through all your travels; for you'll find it certain.
Hence, all you vain delights, As short as are the nights Wherein you spend your folly! There's naught in this life sweet But only melancholy; O sweetest melancholy!
Then, everlasting Love , restrain thy will; 'Tis god -like to have power, but not to kill.
A woman friend! He that believes that weakness, Steers in a stormy night without a compass.
Joys as winged dreams fly fast, / Why should sadness longer last? / Grief is but a wound to woe; / Gentlest fair, mourn, mourn no moe.
Care-charming Sleep, thou easer of all woes, brother to Death, sweetly thyself dispose.
Ask how to live? Write, write, write, anything; The world's a fine believing world, write news.
Man is his own star, and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light.
Only look to Jesus. He died for you, died in your place, died under the frowns of heaven, that we might die under its smile.
'Tis virtue, and not birth that makes us noble: Great actions speak great minds, and such should govern.
He who goes to bed, and goes to bed sober, Falls as the leaves do, and dies in October; But he who goes to bed, and goes to bed mellow, Lives as he ought to do, and dies an honest fellow.
