John Lyly: Quotes about bees

John Lyly was English politician. Explore interesting quotes on bee.
John Lyly: 58   quotes 1   like

“A comely olde man as busie as a bee.”

Source: Euphues and his England, P. 252.

“Be valyaunt, but not too venturous. Let thy attyre bee comely, but not costly.”

Source: Euphues (Arber [1580]), P. 39. Compare: "Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,/ But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy", William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act i, sc. 3.

“Maydens, be they never so foolyshe, yet beeing fayre they are commonly fortunate.”

Source: Euphues and his England, P. 279.