Quotes from Thomas Overbury

Nature is God's. Art is man's instrument.

The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground.

Good deeds in this life are coals raked up in embers, to make a fire next day

Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it.

Beauty is only skin deep.

The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato - the only good belonging to him is underground.

The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato. The best part is underground.

Beauty is only skin deep.

The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground.