Phillip Sidney Quotes
No.	Quotation	Subject
1	In all exigencies or miseries, lamentation becomes fools, and action wisefolk.	Action
2	The truly great and good, in affliction, bear a countenance more princely than they are wont; for it is the temper of the highest hearts, like the palmtree, to strive most upwards when it is most burdened.	Adversity
3	I am no herald to inquire after men's pedigrees: it sufficeth me if I know of their virtues.	Ancestor
4	Weigh not so much what men assert, as what they prove. Truth is simple and naked, and needs not invention to apparel her comeliness.	Assertions
5	Nothing sooner overthrows a weak head than opinion of authority; like too strong liquor for a frail glass.	Authority
6	The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity.	Credulity
7	Come, Sleep: O Sleep! the certain knot of peace, the baiting place of wit, the balm of woe, the poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, the indifferent judge between the high and low.	Dreams
8	Either I will find a way, or I will make one.	Resolution
9	The common ingredients of health and long life are: Great temperance, open air, easy labor, little care.	Life
10	Shallow brooks murmur moste, deepe silent slide away.	Silence

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