In all our quest of greatness, like wanton boys, whose pastime is their care, we follow after bubbles, blown in the air.

Quote by John Webster

Topics: Greatness Quotes, Motivation Quotes

All things do help the unhappy man to fall.

All things do help the unhappy man to fall.

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...

How tedious is a guilty conscience!

How tedious is a guilty conscience!

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.

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.

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...

Sorrow is held the eldest child of sin.

Sorrow is held the eldest child of sin.

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.

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

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

Is not old wine wholesomest, old pippins toothsomest, old wood burns brightest, old linen wash...

Is not old wine wholesomest, old pippins toothsomest, old wood burns brightest, old linen wash...

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.

Sorrow is held the eldest child of sin.

Sorrow is held the eldest child of sin.

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.

Integrity of life is fame's best friend, which nobly, beyond death, shall crown in the...

Integrity of life is fame's best friend, which nobly, beyond death, shall crown in the...

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...

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

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

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.

Fortune's a right whore. If she give ought, she deals it in small parcels, that...

Fortune's a right whore. If she give ought, she deals it in small parcels, that...

For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom.

For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom.

In all our quest of greatness, like wanton boys, whose pastime is their care, we...

In all our quest of greatness, like wanton boys, whose pastime is their care, we...