I have play'd the fool, the gross fool, to believe The bosom of a friend will hold a secret Mine own could not contain. — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
You may boldly say, you did not plough Or trust the barren and ungrateful sands With the fruitful grain of your religious counsels. — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
The sum of all that makes a just man happy Consists in the well choosing of his wife: And there, well to discharge it,… — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
Virtue, thou in rags, may challenge more than vice set off with all the trim of greatness. — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
Pleasures of worse natures Are gladly entertained, and they that shun us Practice in private sports the stews would blush at. — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
He is not valiant that dares lie; but he that boldly bears calamity. — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
If you like not hanging, drown yourself; Take some course for your reputation. — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
Without good company all dainties Lose their true relish, and like painted grapes, Are only seen, not tasted. — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman! It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,it ravishes all senses. — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
He is not valiant that dares die, but he that boldly bears calamity. — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
Like a rough orator, that brings more truth Than rhetoric, to make good his accusation. — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
