Popular Quotes Through Time

I would give all of my fame for a pot of ale and safety.

To weep is to make less the depth of grief.

A very little thief of occasion will rob you of a great deal of patience.

A smile cures the wounding of a frown.

Nothing can come of nothing.

Of all base passions, fear is the most accursed.

Women speak two languages - one of which is verbal.

You are not worth the dust which the rude wind Blows in your face.

Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say.

Time does not have the same appeal for every one.

A good heart is the sun and the moon; or, rather, the sun and not the moon, for it shines bright and never changes.

Love is blind, it stops lovers seeing the silly things they do.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

This thing of darkness I acknowledge mine. There is nothing more confining than the prison we don't know we are in.

Frame your mind to mirth and merriment which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life.

All things are ready, if our mind be so.

So may he rest, his faults lie gently on him!

An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.

Good company, good wine, good welcome, can make good people.

O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!