Walter Raleigh

Be advised what thou dost discourse of, and what thou maintainest whether touching religion, state, or vanity; for if thou err in the first, thou shalt be accounted profane; if in the second, dangerous; if in the third, indiscreet and foolish.

Chapter IV , 1632

So when thou hast, as I Commanded thee, done blabbing — Although to give the lie Deserves no less than stabbing —Stab at thee he that will,No stab the soul can kill.

The Lie (1608). , 1608

What dependence can I have on the alleged events of ancient history, when I find such difficulty in ascertaining the truth regarding a matter that has taken place only a few minutes ago, and almost in my own presence!

Upon receiving discrepant accounts from the participants in a recent quarrel below his window. , 1859

Every fool knoweth that hatreds are the cinders of affection.

Letter to Sir Robert Cecil (10 May 1593) , 1593

Our passions are most like to floods and streams;The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb.

Sir Walter Raleigh to the Queen (published 1655); alternately reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919) as:"Passions are likened best to floods and streams:The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb"and titled The Silent Lover. Compare: "Altissima quæque flumina minimo sono labi", (translated: "The deepest rivers flow with the least sound"), Q. Curtius, vii. 4. 13. "Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep", William Shakespeare, 2 Henry VI. act iii. sc. i. , 1919