Top 9 Quotes by Nicholas Breton

Good wares make good markets.

If the shoe fits, wear it.

Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

I wish my deadly foe, no worse than want of friends, and empty purse.

Wish, Want, Purses

'A Farewell to Town' (1577)

To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.

Bed, Larks, Lambs

'The Court and Country' (1618) para. 8

Shall we go learn to kiss, to kiss? Never heart could ever miss Comfort, where true meaning is.

Heart, Kissing, Missing

Nicholas Breton (1893). “A Bower of Delights: Being Interwoven Verse and Prose from the Works of Nicholas Breton”

Thus much for thy assurance know; a hollow friend is but a hellish foe.

Friends, Assurance, Foe

Nicholas Breton (1879). “The Works in Verse and Prose of Nicholas Breton: Verse”

Who can live in heart so glad As the merry country lad?

Happiness, Country, Heart

Nicholas Breton (1893). “A Bower of Delights: Being Interwoven Verse and Prose from the Works of Nicholas Breton”

Much ado there was, God wot; He woold love, and she woold not, She sayd, "Never man was trewe;" He sayes, "None was false to you."

Life, Men, Old Love

Shall we go dance the hay, the hay? Never pipe could ever play Better shepherd's roundelay.

Play, Dancing, Dancer

Nicholas Breton (1927). “Phillida and Coridon: and other pastorals”

Nicholas Breton Quotes