Thomas Heywood. 1574?-1641. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

Thomas Heywood. (1574?–1641)

The world ’s a theatre, the earth a stage
Which God and Nature do with actors fill. 1

Apology for Actors (1612).

I hold he loves me best that calls me Tom.

Hierarchie of the Blessed Angells.

Seven cities warred for Homer being dead,
Who living had no roofe to shrowd his head. 2

Hierarchie of the Blessed Angells.

Her that ruled the rost in the kitchen. 3

History of Women (ed. 1624). Page 286.

Note 1.
See Shakespeare, As You Like It, Quotation 36. [back]

Note 2.
See Burton, Quotation 42. [back]

Note 3.
See Heywood, Quotation 29. [back]