Quotes from Philip Massinger

Be wise;Soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.

He that would govern others, first should beThe master of himself.

A New Way to Pay Old Debts

Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.

But married once, a man is stak'd or pown'd, and cannot graze beyond his own hedge.

To be nobly bornIs now a crime.

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn

He that would govern others first should be master of himself.

The wasps had broke into your gallipots, And Eaten Up Your Apricots

Can you ground your faith on such impossibilities?

What's bred in the bone, Admits no hope of cure.

For any man to match above his rank is but to sell his liberty.

But married once, a man is stak'd or pown'd, and cannot graze beyond his own hedge.

And, to all married men, be this a caution, Which they should duly tender as their life, Neither to doat too much, nor doubt a wife.

Ambition, in a private man is a vice, is in a prince the virtue.

Though the desire of fame be the last weakness Wise men put off.

The good needs fear no law, It is his safety and the bad man's awe.

Greatness, with private men Esteem'd a blessing, is to me a curse; And we, whom, for our high births, they conclude The happy freemen, are the only slaves. Happy the golden mean!

Without good company all dainties Lose their true relish, and like painted grapes, Are only seen, not tasted.

He that doth public good for multitudes, finds few are truly grateful

I in my own house am an emperor, And will defend what's mine.

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

We have not an hour of life in which our pleasures relish not some pain, our sours, some sweetness.

Death hath a thousand doors to let out life.