Philip Sidney Quotes

It is against womanhood to be forward in their own wishes.

Sin is the mother, and shame the daughter of lewdness.

Honor, thou strong idol of man's mind.

Self-love is better than any gilding to make that seem gorgeous wherein ourselves be parties.

In the clear mind of virtue treason can find no hiding-place.

Courage without discipline is nearer beastliness than manhood.

Who doth desire that chaste his wife should be, first be he true, for truth doth truth deserve.

There is no dearth of charity in the world in giving, but there is comparatively little exercised in thinking and speaking.

Hope itself is a pain, while it is overmatched by fear.