Еще несколько его творений
The readers and the hearers like my books,
And yet some writers cannot them digest;
But what care I? for when I make a feast,
I would my guests should praise it, not the cooks.
- Against Writers that Carp at other Men's Books
Fortune, men say, doth give too much to many,
But yet she never gave enough to any.
A tailor, though a man of upright dealing,--
True but for lying,--honest but for stealing,--
Did fall one day extremely sick by chance
And on the sudden was in wondrous trance.
He bought a Bible of the new translation,
And in his life he show'd great reformation;
He walked mannerly and talked meekly;
He heard three lectures and two sermons weekly;
He vow'd to show all companions unruly,
And in this speech he used no oath but "truly;"
And zealously to keep the Sabbath's rest.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
- Of Treason--Epigrams (bk. IV, ep. V)
Best fishing in troubled waters.
- Orlando Furioso
Вот уж не думала, что история фразы про ловлю рыбки в мутной воде начинается в "Безумном Роланде".