Philip Massinger ( 10 of 19 )
Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.
Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.
This is the Jew that Shakespeare drew.
This is the Jew that Shakespeare drew.
 You may boldly say, you did not plough
 Or trust the barren and ungrateful sands
  With the read more 
 You may boldly say, you did not plough
 Or trust the barren and ungrateful sands
  With the fruitful grain of your religious counsels. 
He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.
He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.
True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.
True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.
 Ill news, madam,
 Are swallow-winged, but what's good
  Walks on crutches.  
 Ill news, madam,
 Are swallow-winged, but what's good
  Walks on crutches. 
 If you like not hanging, drown yourself;
 Take some course for your reputation.  
 If you like not hanging, drown yourself;
 Take some course for your reputation. 
 Nor custom, nor example, nor cast numbers
 Of such as do offend, make less the sin.  
 Nor custom, nor example, nor cast numbers
 Of such as do offend, make less the sin. 
 He
 That kills himself to avoid misery, fears it,
  And, at the best, shows but a bastard read more 
 He
 That kills himself to avoid misery, fears it,
  And, at the best, shows but a bastard valour.
   This life's a fort committed to my trust,
    Which I must not yield up, till it be forced:
     Nor will I. He's not valiant that dares die,
      But he that boldly bears calamity.