Quotes from Sir Walter Raleigh

I wish I loved the human race;I wish I loved its silly face;I wish I liked the way it walks;I wish I liked the way it talks;And when I'm introduced to oneI wish I thought, What jolly fun!

A man must first govern himself ere he is fit to govern a family; and his family ere he be fit to bear the government of the commonwealth.

Above all things, be not made an ass to carry the burdens of other men if any friend desire thee to be his surety, give him a part of what thou has to spare if he presses thee further, he is not thy friend at all.

All men are evil and will declare themselves to be so when occasion is offered.

Better were it to be unborn than to be ill bred.

But true love is a durable fire, in the mind ever burning. Never sick, never old, never dead, from itself never turning.

Remember, that if thou marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which perchance will neither last nor please thee one year and when thou hast it, it will be to thee of no price at all for the desire dieth when it is attained, and the affection perisheth when it is satisfied.

The difference between a rich man and a poor man is this -- the former eats when he pleases, and the latter when he can get it.

I can't write a book commensurate with Shakespeare, but I can write a book by me.