The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.
But yet, I say, if imputation and strong circumstances, which lead directly to the door of truth, will give you satisfaction, you may have it.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
To have seen much and to have nothing is to have rich eyes and poor hands.
Thus may poor fools Belive false teachers.
Love is a smoke rais'd with the fume of sighs; being purg'd, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; being vex'd, a sea nourish'd with lovers' tears; what is it else? A madness most discreet, a choking gall, and a preserving sweet.