31 Quotes by Henry Wotton

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.

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.

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