James Shirley

“Ambition is a whirlwind, and can ruin souls.”

“There is no armor against fate.”

“Man is a name of honor for a king; Additions take away from each chief thing.”

“Resolve will creep where it cannot go.”

“Let repentance be thy physic, and sorrow thy surgery.”

“The world's a labyrinth, where unguided men walk up and down to find their weariness.”

“When our souls shall leave this dwelling, the glory of one fair and virtuous action is above all the scutcheons on our tomb, or silken banners over us.”

“Men are the cause of their own woes.”

“The glories of our blood and state are shadows, not substantial things; there is no armour against fate; death lays his icy hand on kings.”

“A heart is never wanting to a mind.”

“I would be virtuous for my own sake, though nobody were to know it.”

“Only the actions of the just smell sweet and blossom in their dust.”

“It is the soul's contentment that enriches.”

“Grief has a slingshot in his hand.”

“Custom, that has made you a slave to every idle gossip's tongue.”