Tag: Henry VIII

  • April 27

    April 27

    Good company, good wine, good welcome, can make good people.

  • March 20

    March 20

    Men’s evil manners live in brass; their virtues
    We write in water.

  • January 22

    January 22

    Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
    That it do singe yourself.

  • December 25

    December 25

    I feel within me
    A peace above all earthly dignities,
    A still and quiet conscience.

  • November 2

    November 2

    Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee:
    Corruption wins not more than honesty.
    Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace,
    To silence envious tongues.

  • October 23

    October 23

    Be to yourself
    As you would to your friend.

  • September 9

    September 9

    And ’tis a kind of good deed to say well:
    And yet words are no deeds.