The sum of all that makes a just man happy Consists in the well choosing of his wife: And there, well to… — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
As the index tells us the contents of stories and directs to the particular chapter, even so does the outward habit and… — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
Great men, Till they have gained their ends, are giants in Their promises, but, those obtained, weak pigmies In their performance. And… — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
Greatness, with private men Esteem'd a blessing, is to me a curse; And we, whom, for our high births, they conclude The… — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
And, to all married men, be this a caution, Which they should duly tender as their life, Neither to doat too much,… — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
Man was mark'd A friend in his creation to himself, And may, with fit ambition, conceive The greatest blessings, and the highest… — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
But married once, a man is stak'd or pown'd, and cannot graze beyond his own hedge. — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
The good needs fear no law, It is his safety and the bad man's awe. — 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
