Every present occasion will catch the senses of the vain man; and with that bridle and saddle you may ride him. — Philip Sidney May Copy Share Image
What doth better become wisdom than to discern what is worthy the living. — Philip Sidney Wisdom Copy Share Image
A fair woman shall not only command without authority but persuade without speaking. — Philip Sidney Authority Copy Share Image
Nature never set forth the earth in so rich tapestry as divers poets have done; neither with pleasant rivers, fruitful trees, sweet-smelling… — Philip Sidney Brazen Copy Share Image
Truth is the ground of science, the centre wherein all things repose, and is the type of eternity. — Philip Sidney All things Copy Share Image
As in labor, the more one doth exercise, the more one is enabled to do, strength growing upon work; so with the… — Philip Sidney Battle Copy Share Image
Weigh not so much what men assert, as what they prove. Truth is simple and naked, and needs not invention to apparel… — Philip Sidney Apparel Copy Share Image
A noble heart, like the sun, showeth its greatest countenance in its lowest estate. — Philip Sidney Character Copy Share Image
How violently do rumors blow the sails of popular judgments! How few there be that can discern between truth and truth-likeness, between… — Philip Sidney Blow Copy Share Image
Courage without discipline is nearer beastliness than manhood. — Philip Sidney Courage Copy Share Image
It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened. — Philip Sidney Being strong Copy Share Image
Who doth desire that chaste his wife should be, first be he true, for truth doth truth deserve. — Philip Sidney Chaste Copy Share Image
Self-love is better than any gilding to make that seem gorgeous wherein ourselves be parties. — Philip Sidney Conceit Copy Share Image
“Loving in truth, and fain in verse my love to show, That she (dear she) might take some pleasure of my pain;… — Philip Sidney Books Copy Share Image
Commonly they must use their feet for defense whose only weapon is their tongue. — Philip Sidney Conflict Copy Share Image
Come Sleep! Oh Sleep, the certain knot of peace, the baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, the poor man's wealth, the… — Philip Sidney Certain Copy Share Image
“With a sword thou mayest kill thy father, and with a sword thou mayest defend thy prince and country.” — Philip Sidney Parenting Copy Share Image
