Robert Greene (dramatist)

"For as one star another far exceeds, So souls in heaven are placèd by their deeds."

"Fie upon such as say, "Young saints, old devils"! It is no doubt a devilish and damnable saying; for what is not bent in the cradle, will hardly be bowed in the saddle."

"O sir! I love the fruit that treason brings, But those that are the traitors, them I hate."

"He kept no Christmas-house for once a year; Each day his boards were filld with lordly fare: He fed a rout of yeomen with his cheer, Nor was his bread and beef kept in with care: His wine and beer to strangers were not spare; And yet beside to all that hunger grievd His gates were ope, and they were there relievd."

"Two moving hills Which, toppd with pretty teats, discover down a vale Wherein the God of Love may deign to sleep."

"Marry, because you have drank with the King, And the King hath so graciously pledgd you, You shall no more be calld shoemakers, But you and yours, to the worlds end, Shall be calld the Trade of the Gentle Craft."

"At last he hath leaped at a daisy, with a halter about his neck."

"Oft times many things fall out between the cup and the lip."

"Love is a lock that linketh noble minds, Faith is the key that shuts the spring of love."

"Men when they lust can many fancies feign."

"My God commands, whose power no power resists."

"Amends may never come too late."