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

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

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

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

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.
George Chapman

Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs.
George Chapman

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

He that shuns trifles must shun the world.
George Chapman

I am ashamed the law is such an ass.
George Chapman

Ignorance is the mother of admiration.
George Chapman

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

Promise is most given when the least is said.
George Chapman

Pure innovation is more gross than error.
George Chapman

They're only truly great who are truly good.
George Chapman

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

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

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