A clear conscience is a sure card.
John Lyly

A merry companion is as good as a wagon.
John Lyly

As the best wine doth make the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest love turneth to the deadliest hate.
John Lyly

He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.
John Lyly

Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth.
John Lyly

Night hath a thousand eyes.
John Lyly

The sun shineth upon the dunghill, and is not corrupted.
John Lyly

The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.
John Lyly

To give reason for fancy were to weigh the fire, and measure the wind.
John Lyly

We might knit that knot with our tongues that we shall never undo with our teeth.
John Lyly


Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.
John Lyly