Is it not true which Seneca reporteth, that as too much bending…

Quote byJohn Lyly · 1554–1606

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Euphues (Arber [1580]), P. 112.

English (original)

Is it not true which Seneca reporteth, that as too much bending breaketh the bowe, so too much remission spoyleth the minde?

— John Lyly

What bird so sings, yet so does wail? Oh, 'tis the ravished nightingale. "Jug, jug, jug, jug, tereu," she cries, And still her woes at midnight rise.

None is happy but a glutton.

: Were women never to fair, men would be false. : Were women never so false, men would be fond.

For wenches, wine, and lusty cheer, Jove would leap down to surfeit here.

O! for a bowl of fat Canary, Rich Palermo, sparkling Sherry.

Be valyaunt, but not too venturous. Let thy attyre bee comely, but not costly.