John Lyly

“A clear conscience is a sure card.”

“A merry companion is as good as a wagon.”

“Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth.”

“He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.”

“As the best wine doth make the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turneth to the deadliest hate.”

“Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.”

“We might knit that knot with our tongues that we shall never undo with our teeth.”

“The sun shineth upon the dunghill, and is not corrupted.”

“To give reason for fancy were to weigh the fire, and measure the wind.”

“Night hath a thousand eyes.”

“The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.”