Henry Wotton Quotations

How happy is he born and taught; that serves not another's will, whose armor is his honest thought and truth, his utmost skill.

Tell the truth so as to puzzle and confound your adversaries.

An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie for his country.

You meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the sun shall rise? This was printed with music as early as 1624, in East's Sixth Set of Books, and is found in many manuscripts.

Ambassadors are honest men sent abroad to lie for their countries.

Well building hat three conditions. Commodity, firmness, and delight.

You violets that first appear, By your pure purple mantles known, Like the proud virgins of the year, As if the spring were all your own — What are you when the rose is blown?

I am but a gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff, at my best value.

An Ambassadore is a man of virtue sent to lie abroad for his country, a news writer is a man of no virtue who lies at home for himself.

Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still, And grief is forced to laugh against her will.