Author: John Webster

Quotes

For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom.

For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom.

- John Webster

When I go to hell, I mean to carry a bribe: for look you, good gifts evermore make way for the worst persons.

When I go to hell, I mean to carry a bribe: for look you, good gifts evermore make way for the worst persons.

- John Webster

Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together.

Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together.

- John Webster

Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best.

Lay this unto your breast: Old friends, like old swords, still are trusted best.

- John Webster

That friend a great man's ruin strongly checks, who rails into his belief all his defects.

That friend a great man's ruin strongly checks, who rails into his belief all his defects.

- John Webster

Men often are valued high, when they are most wretched.

Men often are valued high, when they are most wretched.

- John Webster

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