“The greater the kindred is, the lesse the kindnesse must bee.”
Source: The Dramatic Works of John Lilly, (the Euphuist.): Mydas. Mother Bombie. The woman in the moone. Love's metamorphosis. Notes
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“Be valyaunt, but not too venturous. Let thy attyre bee comely, but not costly.”
“A comely olde man as busie as a bee.”
Source: Eupheus, the Anatomy of Wit; Eupheus and His England
“The bee that hath honey in her mouth hath a sting in her tail.”
Source: Campaspe and Sappho and Phao: John Lyly