Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.
– George Chapman
An Englishman, being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.
– George Chapman
And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock.
– George Chapman
Danger, the spur of all great minds.
– George Chapman
Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so extreme hatred; and too violent rigor tempts chastity, as does too much license.
– George Chapman
Let no man under value the price of a virtuous woman's counsel.
– George Chapman
Promise is most given when the least is said.
– George Chapman
Pure innovation is more gross than error.
– George Chapman
They're only truly great who are truly good.
– George Chapman
Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.