Long quaffing maketh a short lyfe. John Lyly More Quotes by John Lyly More Quotes From John Lyly A merry companion is as good as a wagon, For you shall be sure to ride though ye go a foot. John Lyly companion wagons feet Water runneth smoothest where it is deepest. John Lyly water The sun shineth upon the dunghill, and is not corrupted. John Lyly corruption sun Instruments sound sweetest when they are touched softest. John Lyly sweetest instruments sound An Englishman hath three qualities, he can suffer no partner in his love, no stranger to be his friend, nor to be dared by any. John Lyly quality three suffering The night has a thousand eyes. John Lyly sunset eye night I am of this mind, that might and malice, deceit and treachery perjury and impiety may lawfully be committed in love; which is lawless. John Lyly deceit law mind The tongue, the ambassador of the heart. John Lyly ambassadors tongue heart Cupid and my Campaspe play'd John Lyly team mother love Gentlemen use books as Gentlewomen handle their flowers, who in the morning stick them in their heads, and at night strawe them at their heeles. John Lyly flower morning book None but the lark so shrill and clear; John Lyly larks wings heaven In arguing of the shadow, we forgo the substance. John Lyly shadow anger substance A new broome sweepeth cleane. John Lyly The fallyng out of faithfull frends is the renuyng of loue. John Lyly The greater the kindred is, the lesse the kindnesse must bee. John Lyly kindred bees kindness 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, nursed by delight, weaned by jealousy, kill'd by dissembling, buried by ingratitude, and this is love. John Lyly pain heart sweet The rattling thunderbolt hath but his clap, the lightning but his flash, and as they both come in a moment, so do they both end in a minute. John Lyly lightning moments ends If thy wealth waste, they wit will give but small warmth. John Lyly poverty waste giving Where the countenance is fair, there need no colors. John Lyly countenance color needs Where the streame runneth smoothest, the water is deepest. John Lyly water
