"Who says that fictions only and false hairBecome a verse? Is there in truth no beauty?Is all good structure in a winding stair?"
- George Herbert
"Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright,The bridal of the earth and sky;The dew shall weep thy fall tonight,For thou must die."
"Man is no star, but a quick coalOf mortal fire:Who blows it not, nor doth controlA faint desire,"
"I will complain, yet praise;I will bewail, approve:And all my sowre-sweet dayesI will lament, and love."
"Woe be to him that reads but one book."
"The best mirror is an old friend."
"Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back,Guiltie of dust and sin."
"Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path."
"Be calm in arguing: for fierceness makes Error a fault, and truth discourtesy."
"That flesh is but the glass, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust."