Francis Beaumont

Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never fly with them to heaven. ↗

— Francis Beaumont

#companions #earth #faith #fly #heaven

Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the fairest fruit; like a cunning bloodhound, it singles out the fattest deer in the flock. ↗

— Francis Beaumont

#deer #envy #fairest #fattest #flock

Oh, love will make a dog howl in rhyme. ↗

— Francis Beaumont

#dog #howl #make #oh #rhyme

It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it. ↗

— Francis Beaumont

#avoid #injury #more #noble #overcome

Bad's the best of us. ↗

— Francis Beaumont

#best #us

But what is past my help is past my care. ↗

— Francis Beaumont

#help #past

Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted. ↗

— Francis Beaumont

#interest #makes #others #people #some

Kiss till the cow comes home. ↗

— Francis Beaumont

#cow #home #kiss #till

Let no man fear to die, we love to sleep all, and death is but the sounder sleep. ↗

— Francis Beaumont

#die #fear #love #man #sleep

Nothing's so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy. ↗

— Francis Beaumont

#lovely #melancholy #nothing #sweet