John Webster Quotes

"Didst thou ever see a lark in a cage? Such is the soul in the body." ~ The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster "Ambition, madam, is a great man's madness." ~ The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster The weakest arm is strong enough that strikes with the sword of justice. ~ The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster We think cag'd birds sing, when indeed they cry. ~ The White Devil by John Webster Knaves do grow great by being great men's apes. ~ The White Devil by John Webster Cowardly dogs bark loudest. ~ The White Devil by John Webster A good habit makes a child a man, Whereas a bad one makes a man a beast. ~ The White Devil by John Webster Other sins only speak; murder shrieks out. The element of water moistens the earth, But blood flies upwards and bedews the heavens. ~ The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster We are merely the stars' tennis-balls, struck and banded Which way please them. ~ The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster Fortune's a right whore: If she give aught, she deals it in small parcels, That she may take away all at one swoop. ~ The White Devil by John Webster