The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much. – Francis Beaumont
Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top. – Francis Beaumont

The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much. – Francis Beaumont
Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top. – Francis Beaumont
Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted. – Francis Beaumont
To such as these we offer, with some confidence, and with no little sympathy, our collection of choice flowers, culled from the gardens of Poesy: may they refresh the mind, and gladden the heart, and beautify the path, of many a careworn toiler in the fields of labour, of whatsoever kind. – H.G. Adams, A Cyclopædia of Poetical Quotations; Consisting of Choice Passa