Quotes by John Lyly

• A merry companion is as good as a wagon.
• A clear conscience is a sure card.
• He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.
• Night hath a thousand eyes.
• Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.
• The sun shineth upon the dunghill, and is not corrupted.
• The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.
• We might knit that knot with our tongues that we shall never undo with our teeth.
• To give reason for fancy were to weigh the fire, and measure the wind.
• Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth.