Philip Massinger > Quotes

“He that would govern others first should be master of himself.”
― Philip Massinger

“What’s bred in the bone, Admits no hope of cure.”
― Philip Massinger, The City-Madam: A Comedie, as It Was Acted at the Private House in Black Friers with Great Applause

“Kiss me again:
If I now wanted heat of youth, these fires,
In Priam's veins, would thaw his frozen blood,
Enabling him to get a second Hector
For the defence of Troy.”
― Phillip Massinger, The Roman Actor

“Can you ground your faith on such impossibilities?”
― Philip Massinger, The City Madam

“The wasps had broke into your gallipots,
And Eaten Up Your Apricots”
― Philip Massinger, The City Madam