Beaumont and Fletcher

"No better than you should be."

"Of every noble action the intent Is to give worth reward, vice punishment."

"As cold as cucumbers."

"Calamity is man's true touchstone."

"Silken rest Tie all thy cares up!"

"You are no better than you should be."

"I care not two-pence."

"To have been happy, madame, adds to calamity."

"Upon my buried body lie lightly, gentle earth."

"Then, my good girls, be more than women, wise: At least be more than I was; and be sure You credit anything the light gives life to Before a man."

"A soul as white as Heaven."

"But they that are above Have ends in everything."

"After supper walk a mile."

"Nature too unkind; That made no medicine for a troubled mind!"

"Philaster: Oh, but thou dost not know What 'tis to die. Bellario: Yes, I do know, my lord: 'Tis Less than to be born, a lasting sleep; A quiet resting from all jealousy A thing we all pursue; I know, besides, 'Tis but a giving over of a game That must be lost."

"Make my breast Transparent as pure crystal, that the world, Jealous of me, may see the foulest thought My heart holds."

"It is always good When a man has two irons in the fire."

"'Tis not a life, 'Tis but a piece of childhood thrown away."

"All your better deeds Shall be in water writ, but this in marble."

"It shew'd discretion, the best part of valor."

"But is there nothing else, That we may do but only walk? Methinks, Brothers and sisters lawfully may kiss."

"He shall have chariots easier than air, That I will have invented;... And thyself, That art the messenger, shalt ride before him On a horse cut out of an entire diamond. That shall be made to go with golden wheels, I know not how yet."

"There is a method in man's wickedness— It grows up by degrees."

"Hit the nail on the head."

"Thou will scarce be a man before thy mother."

"I find the medicine worse than the malady."

"What's one man's poison, signor, Is another's meat or drink."

"He went away with a flea in 's ear."

"It would talk,— Lord! how it talked!"

"Kiss till the cow comes home."

"My dancing days are done."

"Beggars must be no choosers."

"The devil take the hindmost!"