Sir Walter Raleigh Quotes

But true love is a durable fire In the mind ever burning Never sick, never old, never dead From itself never turning.

Remember, that if thou marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which perchance will neither last nor please thee one year and when thou hast it, it will be to thee of no price at all for the desire dieth when it is attained, and the affection perisheth when it is satisfied.

Remember, that if thou marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which perchance will neither last nor please thee one year; and when thou hast it, it will be to thee of no price at all; for the desire dieth when it is attained, and the affection perisheth when it is satisfied.

Above all things, be not made an ass to carry the burdens of other men if any friend desire thee to be his surety, give him a part of what thou has to spare if he presses thee further, he is not thy friend at all.

Better were it to be unborn than to be ill bred.

The difference between a rich man and a poor man is this -- the former eats when he pleases, and the latter when he can get it.

All men are evil and will declare themselves to be so when occasion is offered.