“Action is eloquence.”

“In such businessAction is eloquence, and the eyes of th’ ignorantMore learned than the ears.”

“Tis as easy as lying: govern these ventages withyour lingers and thumb, give it breath with yourmouth, and it will discourse most eloquent music.Look you, these are the stops.”

“The rarer action is in virtue than in vengeance.”

“Strong reasons make strong actions.”

“Say she rail; why, I'll tell her plainShe sings as sweetly as a nightingale.Say that she frown; I'll say she looks as clearAs morning roses newly wash'd with dew.Say she be mute and will not speak a word;Then I'll commend her volubility,and say she uttereth piercing eloquence.”

“Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied,And vice sometime by action dignified.”