“The lady of the light, the rosy-fingered Morn,
Rose from the hills.”
Book I, line 460, p. 11
The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets (1611)
“Promise is most given when the least is said.”
Musæus of Hero and Leander; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Book III, line 167, p. 41
The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets (1611)
Act I, scene i.
Eastward Hoe (1605)
“This was a sleight well mask'd. O, what is man,
Unless he be a Politician?”
Act I, scene i.
Bussy D'Ambois (1607)
“Tis immortality to die aspiring,
As if a man were taken quick to heaven.”
Act I, scene i; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron (1608)
“Fair words never hurt the tongue.”
Act IV, scene i.
Eastward Hoe (1605)
“I know an Englishman,
Being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.”
Alphonsus, Emperor of Germany (1654), Act I, scene ii, lines 208–209. Attributed, probably falsely, to Chapman. Perhaps by George Peele.
Disputed
Act III, scene i.
The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron (1608)
“To put a girdle round about the world.”
Act I, scene i.
Bussy D'Ambois (1607)
The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois (1613)
Act I, scene i.
Bussy D'Ambois (1607)
An Humorous Day's Mirth; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Revenge for Honour, Act V, scene ii; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Disputed
“I am ashamed the law is such an ass.”
Revenge for Honour, Act III, scene ii.
Disputed
Poor envious souls they are that cavil at truth's want in these natural fictions; material instruction, elegant and sententious excitation to virtue, and deflection from her contrary, being the soul, limbs, and limits of an authentical tragedy.
The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois (1613)