That friend a great man's ruin strongly checks, who rails into his belief all his defects.
John WebsterI do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history.
John WebsterVain the ambition of kings Who seek by trophies and dead things To leave a living name behind, And weave but nets to catch the wind.
John WebsterI myself have loved a lady and pursued her with a great deal of under-age protestation, whom some three or four gallants that have enjoyed would with all their hearts have been glad to have been rid of. 'Tis just like a summer birdcage in a garden: the birds that are without despair to get in, and the birds that are within despair and are in a consumption for fear they shall never get out.
John Webster