When desperate ills demand a speedy cure, Distrust is cowardice, and prudence folly.
Old grandsires talk of yesterday with sorrow, And for our children we reserve tomorrow.
Goe and catche a falling starre, Get with child a mandrake root, Tell me, where all past yeares are, Or who cleft the Divel's foot. Teach me to hear Mermaides' singing, Or to keep of envies stinging, And finde What winde Serves to advance an honest minde.
Pleasure is none, if not diversified.
Thy face is mine eye, and mine is thine.
As he that fears God fears nothing else, so he that sees God sees everything else.
Wicked is not much worse than indiscreet.
Trouble is part of your life
Don't you know that day dawns after night, showers displace drought, and spring and summer follow winter? Then, have hope! Hope forever, for God will not fail you!
I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
[T]here is one and only one way to possess that in which we are defective, therefore that which we need, therefore that which we want. Become it.