1.
"Should I comfort those who do not mourn?" Some preachers are too quick and too willing to hand out pardons to sinners who do not mourn over their crimes!
John William Fletcher
2.
Deeds, not words shall speak to me.
John William Fletcher
3.
The place that does
Contain my books, the best companions, is
To me a glorious court, where hourly I
Converse with the, old sages and philosophers;
And sometimes for variety, I confer
With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels;
Calling their victories, if unjustly got,
Unto a strict account; and in my fancy,
Deface their ill-plac'd statutes.
John William Fletcher
4.
Calamity is man's true touchstone.
John William Fletcher
5.
Fanaticism is the child of false zeal and of superstition, the father of intolerance and of persecution.
John William Fletcher
6.
Come landlord fill a flowing bowl until it does run over,
Tonight we will all merry be--tomorrow we'll get sober.
John William Fletcher
7.
The sins we do, people behold with optics,
Which shew them ten times more than common vices,
And often multiply them.
John William Fletcher
8.
Vice gets more in this vicious world than piety.
John William Fletcher
9.
Leap hearts to lips, and in our kisses meet.
John William Fletcher
10.
To work a fell revenge a man's a fool, if not instructed in a woman's school.
John William Fletcher
