Bartlette's Quotations: Timon of Athens.

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1	But flies an eagle flight, bold and forth on, Leaving no tract behind.	Act i. Sc. 1.
2	Here 's that which is too weak to be a sinner,--honest water, which ne'er left man i' the mire.	Sc. 2.
3	Immortal gods, I crave no pelf; I pray for no man but myself; Grant I may never prove so fond, To trust man on his oath or bond.	Ibid.
4	Men shut their doors against a setting sun.	Ibid.
5	Every room Hath blazed with lights and bray'd with minstrelsy.	Act ii. Sc. 2.
6	'T is lack of kindly warmth.	Ibid.
7	Every man has his fault, and honesty is his.	Act iii. Sc. 1.
8	Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.	Sc. 5.
9	We have seen better days.	Act iv. Sc. 2.
10	Are not within the leaf of pity writ.	Sc. 3.
11	I 'll example you with thievery: The sun 's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea; the moon 's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun; The sea 's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears; the earth 's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture stolen From general excrement: each thing 's a thief.	Ibid.
12	Life's uncertain voyage.	Act v. Sc. 1.