George Chapman ( 10 of 35 )
They're only truly great who are truly good.
They're only truly great who are truly good.
Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Light gains make
heavy purses. 'Tis good to be merry read more
Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Light gains make
heavy purses. 'Tis good to be merry and wise.
Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools.
Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools.
'Tis immortality to die aspiring,
As if a man were taken quick to heaven.
'Tis immortality to die aspiring,
As if a man were taken quick to heaven.
Archers ever
Have two strings to bow; and shall great Cupid
(Archer of archers both in men read more
Archers ever
Have two strings to bow; and shall great Cupid
(Archer of archers both in men and women),
Be worse provided than a common archer?
For one heat, all know, doth drive out another,
One passion doth expel another still.
For one heat, all know, doth drive out another,
One passion doth expel another still.
There is a nick in Fortune's restless wheel
For each man's good.
There is a nick in Fortune's restless wheel
For each man's good.
Only a few industrious Scots perhaps, who indeed are dispersed
over the face of the whole earth. But as read more
Only a few industrious Scots perhaps, who indeed are dispersed
over the face of the whole earth. But as for them, there are no
greater friends to Englishmen and England, when they are out
on't, in the world, than they are. And for my own part, I would
a hundred thousand of them were there [Virginia] for we are all
one countrymen now, ye know, and we should find ten times more
comfort of them there than we do here.
As night the life-inclining stars best shows,
So lives obscure the starriest souls disclose.
As night the life-inclining stars best shows,
So lives obscure the starriest souls disclose.
