112 Quotes by John Webster

Man may his fate foresee, but not prevent. 'Tis better to be fortunate than wise.

The chiefest action for a man of great spirit is never to be out of action... the soul was never put into the body to stand still.

I myself have loved a lady and pursued her with a great deal of under-age protestation, whom some three or four gallants that have enjoyed would with all their hearts have been glad to have been rid of. 'Tis just like a summer birdcage in a garden: the birds that are without despair to get in, and the birds that are within despair and are in a consumption for fear they shall never get out.

Ambition, madam, is a great man's madness.

Is not old wine wholesomest, old pippins toothsomest, old wood burn brightest, old linen wash whitest? Old soldiers, sweethearts, are surest, and old lovers are soundest.

The soul was never put in the body to stand still.

Vain the ambition of kings Who seek by trophies and dead things To leave a living name behind, And weave but nets to catch the wind.

How tedious is a guilty conscience!

Cowardly dogs bark loudest.