"I never cared a bit for philology; my chief aim has been throughout to illustrate the social condition of the English…"

"Time is a feather'd thing, And, whilst I praise The sparklings of thy looks and call them rays, Takes wing, Leaving b…"

"Let's number out the hours by blisses, And count the minutes by our kisses."

"At three words, he is at the top of the house."

"Let him that beginneth the song make an end."

"A fig for him. Let him doe his worst."

"The Crosse is the ladder of heaven."

"Desires are nourished by delay."

"Farre folke fare best."

"It is better never to begin, than never to make an end."