English - Playwright | 1578 - 1634
Sorrow is held the eldest child of sin.
John Webster
ChildSinSorrowEldestHeld
Men often are valued high, when they are most wretched.
MenHighValuedMostOftenWretched
For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom.
WisdomFollyProceeds
Heaven fashioned us of nothing; and we strive to bring ourselves to nothing.
HeavenNothingStriveBringUs
Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue.
ManHappyVirtueOwnActionsMost
That friend a great man's ruin strongly checks, who rails into his belief all his defects.
FriendGreatManBeliefRuinChecks
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