Quotes from Thomas Middleton

Castiza: "False! I defy you both! I have endured you with an ear of fire; Your tongues have struck hot irons on my face! Mother, come from that poisonous woman there." Gratiana: "Where?" Castiza: "Do you not see her? She's too inward then.

Never were finer snares for womens' honesties Than are devis'd in these days ; no spider's web's Made of a daintier thread, than are now practis'd To catch love's flesh-fly by the silver wing

Oh,Wert not gold and women, there would be no damnation

Tis time to die when we are ourselves our foes.

Tis time to die, when 'tis a shame to live.

As fast as they peep up let's cut 'em down.

Money! Ho, ho! 'T'as been my want so long, 'tis now my scoff. I've e'en forgot what colour silver's of.

How sweetly she looks! O, but there's a wrinkle in her brow as deep as philosophy. - Anacreon, drink to my mistress' health, I'll pledge it. Stay, stay, there's a spider in the cup! No, 'tis but a grape-stone; swallow it, fear nothing, poet. So, so; lift higher.

If he were not as he is, he would be better than himself.

Our eyes are sentinels unto our judgements, And should give certain judgement what they see; But they are rash sometimes, and tell us wonders Of common things, which when our judgments find, They can then check the eyes, and call them blind.

I know she hates me, yet cannot choose but love her: No matter, if but to vex her, I'll haunt her still; Though I get nothing else, I'll have my will.

She that in life and love refuses me, In death and shame my partner she shall be.

Ha! What news here? Is the day out a' th' socket That it is noon at midnight? The court up?

My lands showed like a full moon about me, but now the moon's i'the last quarter, waning, waning; and I am to think that moon was mine. Mine and my father's and my forefathers': generations, generations! Down goes the house of us, down, down it sinks. Now is the name a beggar, begs in me; that name, which hundreds of years has made this shire famous, in me and my posterity runs out.

He has more tongues in his head than some have teeth.

He that climbs highest had the greatest fall.

He would sell his soul if he knew what merchant would lay out money upon't; and some of 'em have need of one.

Yonder's another vessel, I'll board her - if she be lawful prize, down goes her top-sail.