Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher ( 10 of 73 )
Of every noble action the intent
Is to give worth reward, vice punishment.
Of every noble action the intent
Is to give worth reward, vice punishment.
There's nothing that allays an angry mind
So soon as a sweet beauty.
There's nothing that allays an angry mind
So soon as a sweet beauty.
Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother.
Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother.
Let's meet and either do or die.
Let's meet and either do or die.
'Tis not a life,
'Tis but a piece of childhood thrown away.
'Tis not a life,
'Tis but a piece of childhood thrown away.
To have been happy, madame, adds to calamity.
To have been happy, madame, adds to calamity.
To say the truth, though I say 't that should not say 't.
To say the truth, though I say 't that should not say 't.
There is an hour in each man's life appointed
To make his happiness, if then he seize it.
There is an hour in each man's life appointed
To make his happiness, if then he seize it.
Nothing can cover his high fame but Heaven;
No pyramids set off his memories,
But the eternal read more
Nothing can cover his high fame but Heaven;
No pyramids set off his memories,
But the eternal substance of his greatness,--
To which I leave him.
