English - Playwright | 1578 - 1634
Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best.
John Webster
FriendshipBestOld FriendsFriends
Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.
AmbitionDiamondsFallLustBlood
When a man's mind rides faster than his horse can gallop they quickly both tire.
ManMindHorseTireFasterThan
Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together.
NatureAloneTogetherFlyEagles
Though lust do masque in ne'er so strange disguise she's oft found witty, but is never wise.
WiseLustStrangeWittyNeverShe
'Tis better to be fortunate than wise.
WiseBetterFortunateThanTis
Integrity of life is fame's best friend, which nobly, beyond death, shall crown in the end.
LifeFriendIntegrityBestDeath
In all our quest of greatness, like wanton boys, whose pastime is their care, we follow after bubbles, blown in the air.
GreatnessCareFollowAirBubbles
A politician is the devil's quilted anvil; He fashions all sins on him, and the blows are never heard.
DevilNeverHimPoliticianHeSins
When I go to hell, I mean to carry a bribe: for look you, good gifts evermore make way for the worst persons.
GoodHellYouLookGoWay
We are merely the stars tennis-balls, struck and bandied which way please them.
StarsWayPleaseWhichThemStruck
All things do help the unhappy man to fall.
ManUnhappyHelpFallThings
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