Quotes By George Chapman

Who to himself is law, no law doth need, offends no law, and is a king indeed.

Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs.

An Englishman, being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.

Let no man under value the price of a virtuous woman's counsel.

For one heat, all know, doth drive out another, One passion doth expel another still.

We inherit nothing truly, but what our actions make us worthy of.

He that shuns trifles must shun the world.

Ignorance is the mother of admiration.

And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock.

Promise is most given when the least is said.

Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.

They're only truly great who are truly good.

I am ashamed the law is such an ass.

Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.

Pure innovation is more gross than error.

Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height.

Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so extreme hatred; and too violent rigor tempts chastity, as does too much license.