John Fletcher Quotations

Man is his own star; and the soul that can/ Render an honest and a perfect man/ Commands all light, all influence, all fate./Nothing to him falls early, or too late./Our acts our angels are, or good or ill,/ Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.

Go far -- too far you cannot, still the farther. The more experience finds you: and go sparing. One meal a week will serve you, and one suit, Through all your travels; for you'll find it certain. The poorer and the baser you appear, The more you look through still.

Go far - too far you cannot, still the farther The more experience finds you: and go sparing - One meal a week will serve you, and one suit, Through all your travels; for you'll find it certain The poorer and the baser you appear, The more you look t

He never is alone that is accompanied with noble thoughts.

We have begun the development of Coles Myer's next five-year strategic plan, which will consider ownership options for our Myer business, including retention, de-merger and trade sale.

The proposed merger will facilitate global growth and enable a more logical approach to the funding of our businesses.

The outlook for the group remains strong although the retail market is expected to remain highly competitive as consumer spending continues to be tighter this year,

While second-quarter sales were disappointing, the group remains on track to deliver full-year earnings of $769 million, or $800 million before capital management.

When we approached Packaging Automation, I must admit I wasn't sure they could deliver on time. However they delivered an excellent product, modified to pack this specific line, on time - with a totally professional service from start to finish.

Drop, drop, slow tears, / And bathe those beauteous feet, / Which brought from Heaven / The news and Prince of Peace.

During fiscal 2006, we expect the retail market to remain extremely competitive and tighter consumer spending to continue for at least the first half.

Drink to-day, and drown all sorrow; You shall perhaps not do 't to-morrow

Best while you have it use your breath,There is no drinking after death. (The Bloody Brother)

I'm not saying we'd do it but I think we're in a position to seriously contemplate it. We are now in the all-options alley.

It's real tough finding the bodies to quality for the jobs. We've got issues today that you didn't have 15 years ago.

The food and liquor business is expected to deliver double-digit earnings growth for fiscal 2005 in an intensely competitive environment.

However, it was agreed that any further consideration of these alternatives needed to be informed by the performance of the non-food brands through the all-important Christmas period and the balance of the 2003 financial year,

And he that will to bed go sober, Falls with the leaf still in October

Deeds, not words shall speak me.

We must not be content to be cleansed from sin; we must be filled with the Spirit.

Wine works the heart up, wakes the wit; There is no cure 'gainst age but it. and 'Tis late and cold, stir up the fire; Sit close and draw the table nigher; Be merry and drink wine that is old, A hearty medicine 'gainst the cold.

Go far - too far you cannot, still the farther. The more experience finds you: and go sparing. One meal a week will serve you, and one suit, through all your travels; for you'll find it certain.

I find the medicine worse than the malady.

A man of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds And when the weeds begin to grow It's like a garden full of snow...

Only look to Jesus. He died for you, died in your place, died under the frowns of heaven, that we might die under its smile.

A woman friend! He that believes that weakness, Steers in a stormy night without a compass.

The greatest attribute of heaven is mercy; And 'tis the crown of justice, and the glory

Weep no more, nor sigh, nor groan, Sorrow calls no time that 's gone; Violets plucked, the sweetest rain Makes not fresh nor grow again.

He who goes to bed, and goes to bed sober, Falls as the leaves do, and dies in October; But he who goes to bed, and goes to bed mellow, Lives as he ought to do, and dies an honest fellow.

Joys as winged dreams fly fast, / Why should sadness longer last? / Grief is but a wound to woe; / Gentlest fair, mourn, mourn no moe.

The coward's weapon, poison.

Tyranny is yielding to the lust of the governing.

Speak boldly and speak truly, shame the devil.

Man is his own star, and the soul that can, render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all influence, all fate: nothing to him falls early or too late. Our acts are angels are, for good or ill: our fatal shadows that walk by us still.

Ask how to live? Write, write, write, anything; The world's a fine believing world, write news.

Come, sing now, sing; for I know you sing well; I see you have a singing face.

Care-charming Sleep, thou easer of all woes, brother to Death, sweetly thyself dispose.

Our acts our angels are, for good or ill, our fatal shadows that walk by us still.

That soul that can Be honest is the only perfect man.

O woman, perfect woman! what distraction Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil!

Drink today, and drown all sorrow; you shall perhaps not do tomorrow.

'Tis virtue, and not birth that makes us noble: Great actions speak great minds, and such should govern.

Great actions speak great minds.

It's impossible to ravish me, I'm so willing.

Death hath so many doors to let out life.

O great corrector of enormous times, Shaker of o'er-rank states, thou grand decider Of dusty and old titles, that healest with blood The earth when it is sick, and curest the world O' the pleurisy of people.

Then, everlasting Love , restrain thy will; 'Tis god -like to have power, but not to kill.

Hence, all you vain delights, As short as are the nights Wherein you spend your folly! There's naught in this life sweet But only melancholy; O sweetest melancholy!

Man is his own star, and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light.

Of all the forms of wisdom, hindsight is by general consent the least merciful, the most unforgiving.

Corruption is a tree, whose branches are Of an immeasurable length: they spread Ev'rywhere; and the dew that drops from thence Hath infected some chairs and stools of authority.

Charity and treating begin at home.