Though lust do masque in ne'er so strange disguise she's oft found witty, but is never wise.

Quote by John Webster

Topics: Witty Quotes

When a man's mind rides faster than his horse can gallop they quickly both tire.

When a man's mind rides faster than his horse can gallop they quickly both tire.

We are merely the stars tennis-balls, struck and bandied which way please them.

We are merely the stars tennis-balls, struck and bandied which way please them.

With such a pity men preserve alive Pheasants and quails, when they are no fat...

With such a pity men preserve alive Pheasants and quails, when they are no fat...

Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together.

Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together.

When I go to hell, I mean to carry a bribe: for look you, good...

When I go to hell, I mean to carry a bribe: for look you, good...

Sorrow is held the eldest child of sin.

Sorrow is held the eldest child of sin.

Heaven fashioned us of nothing; and we strive to bring ourselves to nothing.

Heaven fashioned us of nothing; and we strive to bring ourselves to nothing.

Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our...

Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our...

A politician is the devil's quilted anvil; He fashions all sins on him, and the...

A politician is the devil's quilted anvil; He fashions all sins on him, and the...

Men often are valued high, when they are most wretched.

Men often are valued high, when they are most wretched.

That friend a great man's ruin strongly checks, who rails into his belief all his...

That friend a great man's ruin strongly checks, who rails into his belief all his...

Life's the greates torture sould feel in hell, In hell: that they must live, and...

Life's the greates torture sould feel in hell, In hell: that they must live, and...

Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best.

Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best.

A politician is the devil's quilted anvil; He fashions all sins on him, and the...

A politician is the devil's quilted anvil; He fashions all sins on him, and the...

'Tis better to be fortunate than wise.

'Tis better to be fortunate than wise.

All things do help the unhappy man to fall.

All things do help the unhappy man to fall.

Men often are valued high, when they are most wretched.

Men often are valued high, when they are most wretched.

Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our...

Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our...

Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue.

Man is most happy, when his own actions are arguments and examples of his virtue.

For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom.

For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom.