John Heywood Quotes
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... Better is to boow then breake. It hurteth not the tounge to geue fayre wurdis. The rough net is not the best catcher of Burdis. Sense ye can nought wyn, if ye can not please, Best is to suffre: For of sufferance comth ease.
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This wonder (as wonders last) lasted nine daies.
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Who hopeth in Gods helpe, his helpe can not starte: Nothing is impossible to a willyng hart, And will maie wyn my herte, herein to consent, To take all thinges as it cometh, and be content.
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Be the day never so long,Evermore at last they ring to evensong.
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Much water goeth by the millThat the miller knoweth not of.
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And also I shall to reueng former hurtis, Hold their noses to grinstone, and syt on theyr skurtis.
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Three may keepe counsayle, if two be away.
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Though chaunge be no robbry.
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More frayd then hurt.
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Rome was not built in one daie (quoth he) and yet stood Till it was finist, as some say, full faire.
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Ill weede growth fast.
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New brome swepth cleene.
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The greatest Clerkes be not the wisest men.
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Enough is as good as a feast.
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For whan I gaue you an ynche, ye tooke an ell.
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She is nether fish nor flesh, nor good red herring.
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A heare of the dog that bote vs last night.
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Out of Gods blessing into the warme Sunne.
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A peny for your thought.
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Every cocke is proud on his owne dunghill.
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Better to give then to take.
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Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness.
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You stand in your owne light.
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Marke ye, how she hitteth me on the thombis (quoth hée) And ye taunt me tyt ouer thumb (quoth shée) Sens tyt for tat (quoth I) on euen hand is set.