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“Love me little, love me long.”

Ithamore, Act IV. Quoting John Heywood, "Love me litle, love me long," in Proverbes (c. 1538), Part ii, Chapter ii.
The Jew of Malta (c. 1589)

“Now will I show myself to have more of the serpent than the dove”

Barabas, Act II, scene iii. Marlowe is referencing Jesus, "Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves," in Matthew 10:16.
The Jew of Malta (c. 1589)
Context: Now will I show myself to have more of the serpent than the dove; that is, more knave than fool.

“Thou hast committed—
Fornication: but that was in another country;
And besides, the wench is dead.”

Friar Barnardine and Barabas, Act IV, scene i
The Jew of Malta (c. 1589)

“Pluck up your hearts, since fate still rests our friend.”

Aeneas, Act I, scene i, line 149
Dido (c. 1586)

“Make me immortal with a kiss.”

Source: Doctor Faustus and Other Plays, Parts 1-2

“And thus methinks should men of judgment frame
Their means of traffic from the vulgar trade,
And, as their wealth increaseth, so inclose
Infinite riches in a little room.”

Barabas, Act I, scene i. Paraphrasing John Heywood, "Here lyeth muche rychnesse in lytell space," in The Foure PP https://books.google.com/books?id=LbkVAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source#v=onepage&q&f=false (c. 1530).
The Jew of Malta (c. 1589)

“He that loves pleasure, must for pleasure fall.”

Evil Angel, Act V, scene iv
Source: Doctor Faustus (c. 1603)

“Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?”

First Sestiad. The same statement occurs in As You Like It (1600) by William Shakespeare, and a similar one in The Blind Beggar of Alexandria (1596) by George Chapman.
Hero and Leander (published 1598)
Variant: Where both deliberate, the love is slight; Who ever loved, that loved not at first sight?

“Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships,
And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?
Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss!”

Faustus, Act V, scene i, lines 91–93
Doctor Faustus (c. 1603)
Source: The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus