JOHN LYLY

He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.

A clear conscience is a sure card.

The sun shineth upon the dunghill, and is not corrupted.

To give reason for fancy were to weigh the fire, and measure the wind.

A merry companion is as good as a wagon.

As the best wine doth make the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turneth to the deadliest hate.

We might knit that knot with our tongues that we shall never undo with our teeth.

Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.

Night hath a thousand eyes.

The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.

Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth.

In misery it is great comfort to have a companion.

If all the earth were paper white / And all the sea were ink / 'Twere not enough for me to write / As my poor heart doth think.

The bee that hath honey in her mouth hath a sting in her tail.

Where the streame runneth smoothest, the water is deepest.

Do you think that any one can move the heart but He that made it?

The fallyng out of faithfull frends is the renuyng of loue.

Maydens, be they never so foolyshe, yet beeing fayre they are commonly fortunate.

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.

Beauty - a deceitful bait with a deadly hook.

The greater the kindred is, the lesse the kindnesse must bee.

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.

A merry companion is as good as a wagon, For you shall be sure to ride though ye go a foot.

To love and to live well is wished of many, but incident to few.