John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Thomas Dekker 1570-1632 John Bartlett
| 1 |
| A wise man poor Is like a sacred book that ’s never read,— To himself he lives, and to all else seems dead. This age thinks better of a gilded fool Than of a threadbare saint in wisdom’s school. |
| Old Fortunatus. |
| 2 |
| And though mine arm should conquer twenty worlds, There ’s a lean fellow beats all conquerors. |
| Old Fortunatus. |
| 3 |
| The best of men That e’er wore earth about him was a sufferer; A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breathed. 1 |
| The Honest Whore. Part i. Act i. Sc. 12. |
| 4 |
| I was ne’er so thrummed since I was a gentleman. 2 |
| The Honest Whore. Part i. Act iv. Sc. 2. |
| 5 |
| This principle is old, but true as fate,— Kings may love treason, but the traitor hate. 3 |
| The Honest Whore. Part i. Act iv. Sc. 4. |
| 6 |
| We are ne’er like angels till our passion dies. |
| The Honest Whore. Part ii. Act i. Sc. 2. |
| 7 |
| Turn over a new leaf. 4 |
| The Honest Whore. Part ii. Act ii. Sc. 1. |
| 8 |
| To add to golden numbers golden numbers. |
| Patient Grissell. Act i. Sc. 1. |
| 9 |
| Honest labour bears a lovely face. |
| Patient Grissell. Act i. Sc. 1. |
| Note 1. Of the offspring of the gentilman Jafeth come Habraham, Moyses, Aron, and the profettys; also the Kyng of the right lyne of Mary, of whom that gentilman Jhesus was borne.—Juliana Berners: Heraldic Blazonry. [back] |
| Note 2. See Shakespeare, King John, Quotation 10. [back] |
| Note 3. Cæsar said he loved the treason, but hated the traitor.—Plutarch: Life of Romulus. [back] |
| Note 4. See Middleton, Quotation 25. [back] |