102 Quotes by John Lyly

It is a world to see.

There can no great smoke arise, but there must be some fire.

Be valyaunt, but not too venturous. Let thy attyre bee comely, but not costly.

Rather fast then surfette, rather starue then striue to exceede.

The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.

Whatsoever is in the heart of the sober man, is in the mouth of the drunkard.

When adversities flow, then love ebbs; but friendship standeth stiffly in storms.

The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.

Time draweth wrinkles in a fair face, but addeth fresh colors to a fast friend, which neither heat, nor cold, nor misery, nor place, nor destiny, can alter or diminish