George Chapman

"Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools."

"Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Light gains make heavy purses. 'Tis good to be merry and wise."

"Man is a name of honour for a king."

"Fair words never hurt the tongue."

"None ever loved but at first sight they loved."

"I will neither yield to the song of the siren nor the voice of the hyena, the tears of the crocodile nor the howling of the wolf."

"Only a few industrious Scots perhaps, who indeed are dispersed over the face of the whole earth. But as for them, there are no greater friends to Englishmen and England, when they are out on 't, in th…"

"And for the authentical truth of either person or actions, who will expect it in a poem, whose subject is not truth, but things like truth? Poor envious souls they are that cavil at truth's want in th…"