John Heywood quotes and words of wisdom

"Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee, Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee."
Found in the topic Flee.

"Love me litle, love me long. 1546"
Found in the topic Love.

"The world"s a theatre, the earth a stage, Which God and nature do with actors fill."
Found in the topic Acquaintance.

"The loss of wealth is loss of dirt, As sages in all times assert; The happy man "s without a shirt."
Found in the topic Potential.

"You stand in your owne light."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"God never sends th" mouth but he sendeth meat."
Found in the topic Children.

"A cat may looke on a King."
Found in the topic Kindness.

"It is a foul bird that filleth his own nest."
Found in the topic Home.

"When the iron is hot, strike."
Found in the topic Begin.

"The cat would eate fish, and would not wet her feete."
Found in the topic Cat.

"But in deede, A friend is never knowne till a man have neede."
Found in the topic Friendship.

"All is fish that comth to net."
Found in the topic Fish.

"All is not Gospell that thou doest speake. 1546"
Found in the topic Speak.

"All is well that endes well."
Found in the topic End.

"And while I at length debate and beate the bush, There shall steppe in other men and catch the burdes."
Found in the topic Delay.

"Beaten with his owne rod."
Found in the topic Argument.

"Enough is as good as a feast."
Found in the topic Enough.

"Every man for himselfe and God for us all."
Found in the topic God.

"Feare may force a man to cast beyond the moone."
Found in the topic Fear.

"Happy man, happy dole."
Found in the topic Virtue.

Interesting Quotes

The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool.Jane Wagner

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.Mao Tse-tung - Chinese Communist politician (1893 - 1976)